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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 7, 2012, 9:33 PM CST for Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 9:33 PM CST (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 7, 9:06 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 9:06 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 9:11 PM CST, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
911 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081000-
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-
911 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT
REACHING PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY AROUND
SUNRISE THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST WIDESPREAD
NEAR AND NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. HOWEVER... SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY MAR 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...15 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND
A COLD FRONT THURSDAY...AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO AN INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE WEEKEND... HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN LOW BEYOND THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SOME SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...WILL LIKELY BE
CONFINED TO GRASSY SURFACES...CARS...AND PERHAPS BRIDGES.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
THURSDAY.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 9:33 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 933 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 OKZ004-005-010-011-080400- HARPER OK-WOODWARD OK-MAJOR OK-WOODS OK- 933 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER...MAJOR...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. AT 931 PM CST...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WOODWARD AND WOODS COUNTY. ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WOODWARD WHILE ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT SUPPLY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF WAURIKA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES... LAT...LON 3687 9897 3653 9858 3617 9949 3648 9961 MAXWELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 9:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 10:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 36 min |
| Mar 7, 10:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 29 min |
| Mar 7, 11:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 12:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 4:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 21 min |
| Mar 8, 4:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 4:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 5:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 5:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 5:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 7:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Grady, Stephens | 23 min |
| Mar 8, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Stephens | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 8:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 9:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 2:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 4:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.