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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 2012Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2012, 11:07 PM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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
Jun 3, 2012, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

County Kay County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
11.1

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The text

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

429 
WWUS84 KOUN 040407
SPSOUN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1107 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

OKZ008-040430-
KAY OK-
1107 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KAY COUNTY UNTIL 
1130 PM CDT...

AT 1106 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDY...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDY.

LAT...LON 3699 9676 3697 9674 3686 9675 3681 9675
      3685 9693 3698 9690 3700 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 286DEG 23KT 3698 9684 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills24 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills35 min
Jun 3, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster25 min
Jun 3, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Roger Mills64 min
Jun 3, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson23 min
Jun 3, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Custer, Washita64 min
Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman52 min
Jun 3, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay26 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian27 min
Jun 3, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian26 min
Jun 4, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian26 min
Jun 4, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay30 min
Jun 4, 5:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes35 min
Jun 4, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster30 min
Jun 4, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster34 min
Jun 4, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston30 min
Jun 4, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche29 min
Jun 4, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche29 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHardeman23 min
Jun 3, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHardeman26 min
Jun 3, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNFoard, Hardeman34 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.