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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

April 13, 2012Blaine County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 13, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT for Blaine County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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 13, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Blaine County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 1194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 477 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 512 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 23.9

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The text

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

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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 Apr 13, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
244 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

.DISCUSSION...
BUSY EVENING EXPECTED AS CONVECTION IS BEGINNING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.
WIND FIELDS AND INSTABILITY ARE MORE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE
STORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THESE
WILL LIKELY LINGER THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE NIGHT BEFORE
WANING.

ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED
STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WORKING EAST AND NORTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AGAIN
TORNADIC ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AS THE
MAIN UPPER WAVE MOVES OUT INTO THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT...
EXPECT A LINE OF STORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA.
THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

PRECIP ENDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SUNDAY WITH MUCH OF NEXT OF
NEXT WEEK LOOKING DRY AND MILD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  65  79  57  75 /  50  20  60  30
HOBART OK         63  81  51  75 /  60  30  70  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  66  82  58  77 /  40  20  50  40
GAGE OK           62  79  45  70 /  40  30  30  10
PONCA CITY OK     65  77  58  73 /  60  20  70  30
DURANT OK         65  77  65  75 /  30  20  40  70

&&

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

84/30

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 12:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1225 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-141100-
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-
1225 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF AN ATOKA TO LAKE
MURRAY LINE...INCLUDING ALL OF NORTHERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM TO 2 AM.

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

DISCUSSION...
A DIFFUSE DRYLINE/FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT
NORTHWESTWARD AND SHARPEN ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AS LOW LEVEL WINDS INCREASE TODAY...A MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AND
WIND SHEAR...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED WITH A THREAT OF VERY LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL
PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 70 MPH.
THE TORNADO THREAT WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASES AIDING IN LOW LEVEL STORM INFLOW AND ROTATION.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY APR 14.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION
SATURDAY. WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND VERY FAVORABLE WIND
FIELDS IN PLACE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. STORMS WILL
INITIALLY FIRE ALONG A DRYLINE OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO OVERTAKE THE
DRYLINE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SHIFTING THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER EASTWARD THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES
INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. GIVEN VERY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS
FOR SEVERE STORMS...SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH
AN INITIAL THREAT OF VERY LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL...TORNADOES...AND
DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGEST SUPERCELLS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MERGE INTO AN EASTWARD
MOVING SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY WITH A THREAT OF MAINLY HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EVOLVING BY
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PREPARE NOW FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. ENSURE STORM SHELTERS AND SAFE ROOMS ARE READY IN THE
EVENT YOU MUST TAKE COVER THIS WEEKEND. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL END SUNDAY NIGHT AS A MORE STABLE AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS
WEATHER...NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 4:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
459 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

0442 PM     HAIL             9 S CHOCTAW             35.35N 97.27W
04/13/2012  E1.50 INCH       CLEVELAND          OK   PUBLIC

&&

DW

Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:16 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
516 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

0505 PM     HAIL             BLAIR                   34.78N 99.33W
04/13/2012  E1.75 INCH       JACKSON            OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DW

Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:34 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
534 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

0529 PM     HAIL             5 E HOLLIS              34.69N 99.83W
04/13/2012  E1.75 INCH       HARMON             OK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            NICKEL TO GOLF BALL HAIL

&&

DW

Local storm report, Apr 13, 5:43 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
543 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

0537 PM     HAIL             4 S MANGUM              34.82N 99.50W
04/13/2012  E1.75 INCH       GREER              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DW

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 5:56 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK556 PM
CDT FRI APR 13 2012

OKZ007-012-132330-
GRANT OK-GARFIELD OK-
556 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GRANT AND NORTH CENTRAL
GARFIELD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF
POND CREEK DOWN TO KREMLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDFORD...POND CREEK...KREMLIN...HUNTER...HILLSDALE...JEFFERSON
AND RENFROW.

LAT...LON 3652 9764 3649 9803 3694 9786 3700 9779
      3699 9762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 206DEG 38KT 3675 9777 3657 9791

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK613 PM
CDT FRI APR 13 2012

OKZ017-018-024-132345-
BLAINE OK-KINGFISHER OK-CANADIAN OK-
613 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLAINE...KINGFISHER AND
NORTHWESTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 609 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST
NORTHWEST OF EL RENO AND ALSO JUST NORTH OF HYDRO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGFISHER...GEARY...OKARCHE...GREENFIELD AND OMEGA.

LAT...LON 3592 9771 3561 9807 3561 9862 3590 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 228DEG 30KT 3563 9850 3563 9812

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	33 min
Apr 13, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	41 min
Apr 13, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	31 min
Apr 13, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita	54 min
Apr 13, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	31 min
Apr 13, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	28 min
Apr 13, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	25 min
Apr 13, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	50 min
Apr 13, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	47 min
Apr 13, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	59 min
Apr 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita	62 min
Apr 13, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	46 min
Apr 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	49 min
Apr 13, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	19 min
Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	60 min
Apr 13, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	52 min
Apr 13, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	65 min
Apr 13, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland	31 min
Apr 13, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa, Washita	42 min
Apr 13, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	40 min
Apr 13, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	62 min
Apr 13, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	65 min
Apr 13, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan, Payne	28 min
Apr 13, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	57 min
Apr 13, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	54 min
Apr 13, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	25 min
Apr 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	45 min
Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	38 min
Apr 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita	61 min
Apr 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa	62 min
Apr 13, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	50 min
Apr 13, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	34 min
Apr 13, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	33 min
Apr 13, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	29 min
Apr 13, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	18 min
Apr 13, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	52 min
Apr 13, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Apr 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita	59 min
Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	13 min
Apr 13, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	23 min
Apr 13, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	48 min

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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.