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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 20125 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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 15, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2012, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Cleveland County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2012-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
17.7

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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 Jun 15, 12:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1220 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012

.AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD THROUGH WESTERN OK. MOST SITES
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND WILL COVER
WITH PREVAILING OR TEMPO GROUPS. ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE EAST AND
WEAKEN BY SUNRISE WITH GENLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 638 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012/

.AVIATION...
15/00Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST
CYCLE. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.
MVFR CIGS MAY OCCUR TOWARD AND AFTER 12Z ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA BEFORE MIXING ALLOWS CIGS TO LIFT AND BREAK. AS FAR AS
STORM CHANCES...MOST SHORT-TERM MODEL SOLUTIONS ALLOW STORMS OVER
PANHANDLES TO APPROACH KGAG/KWWR BY 03Z BEFORE DISSIPATING
ALTOGETHER. MAIN FOCUS FOR ORGANIZED STORMS WILL BE ACTIVITY OVER
KANSAS THAT IS EXPECTED TO BUILD SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD KPNC BY 05Z.
WILL INCLUDE PROB30 AT KOKC/KOUN LATE TONIGHT WITH SOME MODEL
SOLUTIONS ALLOWING MCS COLD POOL TO SUPPORT TSRA THAT FAR SOUTH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  72  90  71  91 /  30  20  20  10
HOBART OK         71  92  70  93 /  30  20  20  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  72  94  72  94 /  10  10  10  10
GAGE OK           70  90  69  94 /  40  20  30  20
PONCA CITY OK     72  87  73  90 /  50  40  20  20
DURANT OK         71  91  71  91 /  20  10  10  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 9:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
955 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151000-
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-
955 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM STILLWATER TO EL
RENO TO LAWTON AND WICHITA FALLS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
9 PM THROUGH 3 AM.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS
RISK AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.

DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
PROGRESS OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OR SO OF OKLAHOMA AND MUCH OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...BUT AS IT DOES...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN.

ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS
INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. THIS COMPLEX IS
EXPECTED TO YIELD THE GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND HAIL UP THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUN 15.
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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS PART OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND PERHAPS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED
BY 5 AM FRIDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon30 min
Jun 14, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham, Harmon34 min
Jun 14, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills59 min
Jun 14, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper55 min
Jun 14, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa, Tillman24 min
Jun 14, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa64 min
Jun 14, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward58 min
Jun 14, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa, Tillman33 min
Jun 14, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Woodward29 min
Jun 14, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Grant, Major23 min
Jun 15, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major40 min
Jun 15, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton37 min
Jun 15, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey50 min
Jun 15, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita68 min
Jun 15, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 3 more59 min
Jun 15, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne45 min
Jun 15, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble and 2 more64 min
Jun 15, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman30 min
Jun 15, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma46 min
Jun 15, 4:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole51 min
Jun 15, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes47 min
Jun 15, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter, Marshall28 min
Jun 14, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNFoard, Knox23 min
Jun 14, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.