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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 492, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2012, 11:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2012, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2012, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cleveland County, OK, Garvin County, OK, McClain County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 25 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 26, 6:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 6:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 632 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 .AVIATION... SCT SHRA/TSRA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...EAST OF MAIN TAF SITES. ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE TX PANHANDLE...AFFECTING MOST TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT OVER NRN/WRN OK. MVFR/IFR VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH PERHAPS SOME LIFR CONDITIONS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 KT AND HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS OVERNIGHT. SHRA AND A FEW TSRA WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO TOMORROW MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 353 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012/ DISCUSSION... THE MAIN CONCERN THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING. ONE SUCH POTENT SUPERCELL WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN FA NEAR NE HUGHES COUNTY ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AROUND 245 PM. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT APPEARS POSSIBLE UPSTREAM OF THIS STORM ALONG THE BOUNDARY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A SVR WATCH 651 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 03Z FOR LINCOLN... POTT...HUGHES...AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. LATER TONIGHT CONVECTION OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND DIV ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT EXIT REGION OF AN UPPER JET LIFTING NORTHWARD OVER S NM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL OK. COVERAGE SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE FA AS THIS OCCURS AND MOST OF THE NWP DETERMINISTIC...HIRES AND ENS MODELS SUPPORT THE PREVIOUS. POPS HAVE BEEN INCREASED A BIT THROUGH 12Z. THE SYNOPTIC STATIONARY BOUNDARY SHOULD MEANDER INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TOMORROW...MAINTAINING COOLER TEMPS ACROSS THE NORTH. IN ADDITION...THICKNESSES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS THE CLOSED LOW CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER WESTERN CO OPENS AND MOVES INTO THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES NEAR NE CO...AND THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN LOWER MAXTS FOR THE REST OF THE AREA (NOT TO MENTION CLOUD COVER AND CONTINUED CHC POPS). BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT OF WEST TX/SE NM AND INTO NW TX/SE OK. BY THIS TIME A STATIONARY BOUNDARY SHOULD BE DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL OK...WITH THE RRQ OF THE UPPER JET SOMEWHERE OVER WESTERN OR SW OK. EXPECT AT LEAST CHC POPS THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS A RESULT FOR THE ENTIRE FA. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE BY SATURDAY AS LOWER MID LEVEL THETAE IMPACTS THE REGION AND THE WAVE MOVES TO THE EAST. MID TO UPPER LEVEL NW/N FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK KEEPING TEMPERATURES CLOSER...IF NOT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN...CLIMATOLOGY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 65 84 66 79 / 50 40 30 40 HOBART OK 66 83 65 77 / 70 50 40 50 WICHITA FALLS TX 70 88 66 81 / 40 30 20 50 GAGE OK 56 76 60 72 / 50 60 60 50 PONCA CITY OK 64 82 63 77 / 60 40 60 50 DURANT OK 68 89 67 88 / 20 30 20 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/84
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
815 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-271000-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
815 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ARCHER CITY AND HENRIETTA TEXAS...TO DUNCAN...OKLAHOMA CITY...
AND STILLWATER.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 3 AM.
IMPACTS...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION...
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD THE REGION...A MODEST LOW
LEVEL JET WILL INTENSIFY AND AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL DEVELOP
AHEAD OF A COMPLEX OF STORMS...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND ADJACENT PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ANOTHER
AREA OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA FROM
THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THESE TWO AREAS OF STORMS MAY FORM A LARGE
COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS...THERE WILL BE A CONCERN FOR
DAMAGING HAIL AND WIND...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. TOWARD AND
AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN WILL BE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY SEP 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY THOUGH
SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH FRIDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
THURSDAY.In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 26, 10:52 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1052 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM TSTM WND GST 3 W MEDICINE PARK 34.73N 98.55W
09/26/2012 E68 MPH COMANCHE OK MESONET
&&
FMLocal storm report, Sep 26, 11:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1102 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW MINCO 35.29N 97.96W
09/26/2012 M63 MPH GRADY OK MESONET
&&
FMSpecial weather statement, Sep 26, 11:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1102 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 OKZ023-027-028-038>040-044>046-050-TXZ090-270445- COTTON OK-CADDO OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-JEFFERSON OK-GARVIN OK- LOVE OK-STEPHENS OK-COMANCHE OK-CARTER OK-CLAY TX- 1102 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN COTTON...SOUTHEASTERN CADDO...GRADY...WESTERN MCCLAIN...JEFFERSON...WESTERN GARVIN... NORTHWESTERN LOVE...STEPHENS...EASTERN COMANCHE...WESTERN CARTER AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1059 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHICKASHA TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RYAN... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A WELL DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAD SURGED WELL AHEAD OF THE STORMS...AND WAS GENERATING WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAWTON...DUNCAN...CHICKASHA...ANADARKO...MARLOW...LINDSAY... BLANCHARD...HEALDTON...WALTERS...WAURIKA...APACHE...WILSON... COMANCHE...RUSH SPRINGS...ELGIN...CYRIL...TEMPLE...RINGLING...BRAY AND FLETCHER. LAT...LON 3406 9838 3515 9841 3514 9745 3400 9736 TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 282DEG 28KT 3507 9801 3408 9790 AUSTIN
Local storm report, Sep 26, 11:06 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1106 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW MINCO 35.29N 97.96W
09/26/2012 M67 MPH GRADY OK MESONET
&&
FMLocal storm report, Sep 26, 11:16 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Sep 26, 11:25 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1125 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 OKZ024-025-027>029-040-270530- OKLAHOMA OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-CLEVELAND OK-GARVIN OK-CANADIAN OK- 1125 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OKLAHOMA...NORTHEASTERN GRADY... MCCLAIN...CLEVELAND...NORTHWESTERN GARVIN AND EASTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT... AT 1124 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EDMOND TO MAYSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH... MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OKLAHOMA CITY...NORMAN...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...DEL CITY...STELLA... YUKON...BETHANY...MUSTANG...THE VILLAGE...WARR ACRES...CHOCTAW... PURCELL...NEWCASTLE...NOBLE...HARRAH...TUTTLE...NICHOLS HILLS... SPENCER AND PIEDMONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3477 9715 3477 9778 3567 9784 3562 9714 TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 302DEG 37KT 3562 9748 3481 9746 AUSTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 42 min |
| Sep 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 45 min |
| Sep 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 51 min |
| Sep 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 41 min |
| Sep 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 50 min |
| Sep 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Roger Mills | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 49 min |
| Sep 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 57 min |
| Sep 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 51 min |
| Sep 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 49 min |
| Sep 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 46 min |
| Sep 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 9:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 37 min |
| Sep 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Custer, Washita | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 48 min |
| Sep 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 58 min |
| Sep 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Kiowa, Stephens | 41 min |
| Sep 26, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Major | 50 min |
| Sep 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 45 min |
| Sep 26, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 65 min |
| Sep 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 47 min |
| Sep 26, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 57 min |
| Sep 26, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant | 39 min |
| Sep 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Grady, McClain | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 51 min |
| Sep 27, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 42 min |
| Sep 27, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 64 min |
| Sep 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Grant, Harper, Major and 3 more | 61 min |
| Sep 27, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 29 min |
| Sep 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 25 min |
| Sep 26, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Foard, Knox | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.