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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

July 9, 2012Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2012, 1:17 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 9, 2012, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

County Archer County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
879 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1098 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 9, 12:41 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 12:41 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 11:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101000-
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-
1150 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2012

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

DISCUSSION...
ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MORE ORGANIZED AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOIST NORTHEAST WINDS...STORMS
ARE MORE LIKELY WEST OF ALVA...WEATHERFORD AND LAWTON.
ALSO...WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...STORMS MAY BE MORE NUMEROUS NEAR
THE FRONT IN THESE AREAS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. SEVERE WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT IF THEY DO
OCCUR...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED AND SHORT-LIVED.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY JUL 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...
AS THE MENTIONED FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE NWS NORMAN
FORECAST AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL DUE TO SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT OF
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE AROUND 5 AM
TUESDAY MORNING.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 12:41 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 1:17 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
117 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2012

TXZ089-091900-
ARCHER TX-
117 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ARCHER COUNTY UNTIL
200 PM CDT...

AT 113 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
HOLLIDAY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE KICKAPOO AND MANKINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE KICKAPOO...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO
NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3363 9886 3380 9880 3379 9859 3363 9856
      3359 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 5DEG 3KT 3375 9872

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa27 min
Jul 9, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter49 min
Jul 9, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson49 min
Jul 9, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson45 min
Jul 9, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton42 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes43 min
Jul 9, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson44 min
Jul 9, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston53 min
Jul 9, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin41 min
Jul 9, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Stephens40 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray39 min
Jul 9, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan38 min
Jul 9, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher40 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson23 min
Jul 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady46 min
Jul 9, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma44 min
Jul 9, 12:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay, Wichita49 min
Jul 9, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay44 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.