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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2012, 2:42 AM CDT for Caddo County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
- May 20, 2012, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2012, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Caddo County, OK, Grady County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 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 May 20, 12:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1215 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2012 .AVIATION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL AFFECT ALL BUT NW OK SITES EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH THE ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. COLD FRONT FROM NCNTRL OK INTO TX PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SWD OVERNIGHT. SOME LOW CLOUDS WITH MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 639 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ .DISCUSSION... AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR THE 00Z TAFS IS BELOW. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW TO MODERATE. ISO-SCT TSRA WILL AFFECT PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND MOVE SOUTHEAST... MAINLY AFFECT KCSM...KPNC...KOKC...KOUN...AND KHBR DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE WEAKENING BY 12Z. THESE STORMS COULD BRING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND MVFR CONDITIONS IF THEY DIRECTLY IMPACT A SITE. THINK KOKC WILL BE AFFECTED MAINLY 06-08Z. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA 09-16Z. ONLY KEPT TEMPO MENTION OF MVFR CONDITIONS AT KSPS WHERE CONFIDENCE OF THESE LOWER CONDITIONS IS MODERATE. A FEW SHRA MAY BE LINGER OVER THE AREA AFTER 12Z...SO ADDED VCSH AT SOME LOCATIONS. A FEW TSRA MAY REDEVELOP AFTER 19Z...BUT DID NOT MENTION VCTS DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE OF EXACT LOCATION AND TIMING. MBS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY INTO FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. CONSENSUS OF SHORT-TERM MODELS LEADS TO HIGHER POPS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWARD FROM KANSAS ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OVERNIGHT COMPLEX ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA A LITTLE LESS CERTAIN. THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST PARTS OF OKLAHOMA BUT SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD DECREASE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. STORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY NIGHT WITH SURFACE BOUNDARY IN PLACE OVER/NEAR THE REGION AND SUBTLE S/WVS IN DEVELOPING NORTHWEST FLOW. UPPER RIDGING EXPECTED TO INCREASE TUESDAY ON SO WILL LEAVE FORECAST DRY WITH WARMING TREND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 66 82 62 83 / 60 40 40 30 HOBART OK 64 82 62 85 / 60 30 30 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 67 87 63 88 / 20 30 30 30 GAGE OK 56 76 56 81 / 40 20 20 20 PONCA CITY OK 63 79 59 80 / 50 50 30 10 DURANT OK 66 88 63 86 / 10 20 20 30 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/17/17
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 10:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1022 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-201000-
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-
1022 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 4 AM CDT
TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA IS NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CROWELL TEXAS
TO WICHITA FALLS TO EL RENO TO STILLWATER OKLAHOMA.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOW UNTIL 4 AM CDT.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
IMPACTS...
HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALLS IS THE MAIN HAZARD AND CAN CAUSE DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...CROPS AND CARS. A FEW ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OVER
65 MPH MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES...TREES AND UTILITY LINES.
DISCUSSION...
AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
AND BRING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO A FEW LOCATIONS
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A FEW ADDITIONAL
STORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE RISK AREA MENTIONED ABOVE. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MAY 20.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL PERSIST SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. THE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER IS RELATIVELY LOW.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY
5 AM SUNDAY.
MBSIn the hours before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita | 62 min |
| May 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major, Woodward | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita | 62 min |
| May 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 40 min |
| May 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woodward | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita | 59 min |
| May 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 56 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita | 63 min |
| May 19, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 23 min |
| May 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 67 min |
| May 19, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 29 min |
| May 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Major | 37 min |
| May 19, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 54 min |
| May 19, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 28 min |
| May 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 53 min |
| May 19, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 26 min |
| May 19, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 19, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 25 min |
| May 19, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 47 min |
| May 20, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 32 min |
| May 20, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Washita | 25 min |
| May 20, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 36 min |
| May 20, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 67 min |
| May 20, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 57 min |
| May 20, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 37 min |
| May 20, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 20, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 31 min |
| May 20, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 38 min |
| May 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 30 min |
| May 20, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 41 min |
| May 20, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 25 min |
| May 20, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 32 min |
| May 20, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 25 min |
| May 20, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 27 min |
| May 20, 5:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 30 min |
| May 20, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 37 min |
| May 20, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter | 27 min |
| May 20, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 32 min |
| May 20, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 35 min |
| May 20, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 38 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 42 min |
| May 20, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 42 min |
| May 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 48 min |
| May 20, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger | 33 min |
| May 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 46 min |
| May 20, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger | 42 min |
| May 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 13 min |
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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.