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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Norman, OK

April 9, 2012Major County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT for Major County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 9, 5:21 PM CDT	HAIL 4.25	Woodward, OK	WINDOWS BROKEN OUT.
Apr 9, 5:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ssw Woodward, OK	THE TORNADO LASTED FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE AND HAS LIFTED.
Apr 9, 5:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Sharon, OK	A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED NORTH OF SHARON AND MOVED SOUTHEAST. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH THE TORNADO.
Apr 9, 6:22 PM CDT	HAIL 4	2 W Woodward, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 9, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

363 
WUUS54 KOUN 092215
SVROUN
OKC093-151-153-092315-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0067.120409T2215Z-120409T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
515 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 
  DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS 
  OF 60 MPH. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WOODWARD AND 15 
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODWARD...BOTH MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODWARD...MOORELAND AND QUINLAN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURY AND DAMAGE 
TO PROPERTY. TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3650 9869 3617 9898 3638 9952 3659 9934
      3660 9929 3664 9930 3671 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 303DEG 19KT 3662 9924 3642 9938 

$$

WR

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 Apr 9, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
228 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR A SFC LOW ALONG
WITH ASSOCIATED DRYLINE AND WARM FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
SFC LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN SW KANSAS/PANHANDLES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING TO THE EAST OF
THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY EARLY EVENING. A
DRYLINE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO EXTEND SOUTH ACROSS THE PANHANDLES.
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THESES BOUNDARIES IN
THE PANHANDLES/KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND MOVE INTO
PARTS OF THE FA. THESE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO ONE
OR MORE COMPLEXES THAT MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FA. INSTABILITY AND
WIND SHEAR WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL LEAD TO SOME SEVERE STORMS
PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. LOW LEVEL SHEAR
WILL BE BETTER NEAR THE SFC LOW SO IF STORMS CAN REMAIN DISCRETE...
A TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS LLJ
STRENGTHENS.

THE SFC FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE BUT REMAIN IN/NEAR THE FA OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS CONTINUING THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS SHOW UPPER
RIDGE THAT IS OVER THE REGION WILL SHIFT EAST BY LATE THIS WEEK AS
NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THIS WILL LEAD TO A
DRYLINE WEST OF OR IN THE FA LATE THIS WEEK INTO PART OF THE WEEKEND
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING POSSIBLE. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS WEEK INTO THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  58  73  56  67 /  50  30  40  40
HOBART OK         58  72  57  72 /  60  50  50  40
WICHITA FALLS TX  59  79  61  76 /  60  50  40  40
GAGE OK           55  70  53  69 /  60  50  50  40
PONCA CITY OK     53  69  49  65 /  30  20  40  40
DURANT OK         61  76  58  70 /  40  30  30  40

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

09/25

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 12:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101015-
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-
1200 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OTHER
LOCATIONS.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK IS FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA...APPROXIMATELY 50
MILES WEST AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WOODWARD TO ELK CITY TO ALTUS.
THE SLIGHT RISK IS FOR THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AS AN
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES OVERHEAD. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTH WINDS STRENGTHEN ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SUFFICIENT LIFT...MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND
SHEAR WILL COMBINE TO INITIALLY PRODUCE SUPERCELLS ACROSS WESTERN
AND NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE
STORMS MAY THEN BECOME A COMPLEX AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS INTO SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ALTHOUGH A COUPLE OF TORNADOES
CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY APR 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE
IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN ON
THURSDAY...FRIDAY...AND SATURDAY ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA...AND
NEAR THE RED RIVER IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM TUESDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 4:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
452 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     HAIL             6 NW WOODWARD           36.50N 99.47W
04/09/2012  E2.25 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   PUBLIC

0452 PM     HAIL             5 N WOODWARD            36.51N 99.39W
04/09/2012  E2.50 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, Apr 9, 4:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
456 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0456 PM     HAIL             1 N WOODFORD            34.34N 97.28W
04/09/2012  E2.75 INCH       CARTER             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, Apr 9, 4:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
457 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0454 PM     HAIL             2 N WOODWARD            36.46N 99.39W
04/09/2012  E2.50 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, Apr 9, 4:58 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
458 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0456 PM     HAIL             1 N WOODWARD            36.45N 99.39W
04/09/2012  E2.75 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
503 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

OKZ014-021-092245-
ROGER MILLS OK-BECKHAM OK-
503 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROGER MILLS AND
WEST CENTRAL BECKHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEELER...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ERICK...TEXOLA...SWEETWATER AND DEMPSEY.

MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF STORMS THREATEN YOU.

LAT...LON 3555 9999 3554 9972 3543 9971 3520 9979
      3518 9986 3519 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 287DEG 26KT 3540 10018

WR

Local storm report, Apr 9, 5:04 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
504 PM CDT MON APR 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0502 PM     HAIL             1 N WOODWARD            36.45N 99.39W
04/09/2012  E2.50 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

0500 PM     HAIL             2 N WOODWARD            36.46N 99.39W
04/09/2012  E4.25 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NWS NORMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 2:36 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more	7 hr
Apr 9, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	33 min
Apr 9, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods	51 min
Apr 9, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	37 min
Apr 9, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	65 min
Apr 9, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	60 min
Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	42 min
Apr 9, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	28 min
Apr 9, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Woodward	35 min
Apr 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	31 min
Apr 9, 5:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Harper, Woodward	3 hr
Apr 9, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	40 min
Apr 9, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	24 min
Apr 9, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	45 min
Apr 9, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward	64 min
Apr 9, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	31 min
Apr 9, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	28 min
Apr 9, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	58 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.