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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 19, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2012, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Clay County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 19, 5:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 5:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 530 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 .AVIATION... COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS WILL BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. EXPECT TO SEE STRONG... GUSTY NORTH WINDS LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY... BUT DRY WITH VFR CEILINGS BY 15Z. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 254 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012/ .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT THAT HAS MOVED THROUGH NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A DRYLINE ALSO EXTENDS SOUTH JUST WEST OF THE FA THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP NEAR THE DRYLINE AND FRONT IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FA LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DOWN THE COLD FRONT AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OK. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE FA AND MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LEADING TO A COUPLE OF COOL DAYS ACROSS THE FA. MODELS SHOW THE REGION BEING INFLUENCED BY AN UPPER RIDGE THROUGH TO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO THE FA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 53 66 43 71 / 60 20 10 10 HOBART OK 52 69 43 73 / 40 20 0 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 56 72 45 71 / 50 30 0 10 GAGE OK 47 69 40 77 / 40 10 0 10 PONCA CITY OK 49 65 40 72 / 60 10 10 10 DURANT OK 57 65 46 70 / 70 60 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/25
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 9:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 915 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-201100- 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- 915 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN... CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LOCATION... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STILLWATER TO EL RENO...TO HOBART AND HOLLIS. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. DISCUSSION... CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING IN THE LATE EVENING HOURS... MAINLY NEAR A COLD FRONT IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA...AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. STORM INTENSITY WAS DECREASING SOMEWHAT...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. OVERNIGHT...THE COVERAGE OF RAIN AND THUNDER WILL INCREASE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTERACTS WITH THE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE A BAND OF DEEP LIFTING. EXPECT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. THE ODDS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DECREASE... BUT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO SOME RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY AS THE STORMS MERGE INTO A LARGER COMPLEX AND ROLL THROUGH SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE IN THE NIGHT. PROBABILITY TABLE...VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY APR 20. PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT. PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AFTER 10 PM...50 PERCENT. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... NONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... THUNDERSTORMS WILL END IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY. NONE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER... NONE. THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM FRIDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1042 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 TXZ083>085-200415- WILBARGER TX-HARDEMAN TX-FOARD TX- 1042 PM CDT THU APR 19 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WILBARGER...SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN AND NORTHEASTERN FOARD COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1040 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE MOUND...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VERNON...GRAYBACK...LOCKETT...OKLAUNION AND RAYLAND. MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LAT...LON 3421 9955 3422 9913 3397 9908 3403 9956 TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 271DEG 28KT 3412 9949 30
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, Stephens | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Oklahoma | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 17 min |
| Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 33 min |
| Apr 19, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 38 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.