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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2012, 8:21 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 3, 2012, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Hardeman County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
206
WWUS84 KOUN 040122
SPSOUN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK821 PM
CDT TUE APR 3 2012
TXZ083-084-040145-
HARDEMAN TX-FOARD TX-
821 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDEMAN AND NORTHWESTERN
FOARD COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 819 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAZARE...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOODLETT AND LAZARE.
LAT...LON 3424 10000 3435 9999 3440 9977 3413 9975
3415 10004 3423 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 266DEG 18KT 3424 10006
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hardeman | 62 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.