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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

August 6, 2012Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 6, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 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 Aug 6, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 12:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1224 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

.DISCUSSION...
PLEASE SEE THE 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR WILL APPLY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. RELATIVELY LIGHT
SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AT ALL TERMINALS.
CIRRUS WILL CONTINUE TO PASS OVERHEAD...ALONG WITH SOME CU
DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY NEAR CSM...HBR...OKC
AND OUN. CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW...HOWEVER...TO INCLUDE VCTS
ANYWHERE BUT CSM. LOW TSRA CHANCES SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH WITH
SUNSET.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  77 103  78  99 /  10  10  20  20
HOBART OK         74 103  75 100 /  20  20  30  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  79 107  79 102 /  20  20  30  20
GAGE OK           71 102  71  98 /  10  30  30  20
PONCA CITY OK     72 103  74  97 /  10  10  20  20
DURANT OK         76 103  78  99 /  20  10  10  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

17/03/03

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1249 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071800-
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-
1249 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND
TONIGHT...BUT CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE LOW.

DISCUSSION...
A MAJORITY OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY...BUT WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF I35 AND
SOUTH OF I40. ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...THE CHANCE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS FAIRLY LOW.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY AUG 7.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...40 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA DUE TO
A COMBINATION HOT AND DRY WEATHER AND DRY VEGETATION.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR A COLD FRONT ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WHILE RED FLAG FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE
WEEK...THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND CONTINUED HOT TEMPERATURES WILL
KEEP FIRE DANGER MODERATE TO HIGH.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5
AM CDT TUESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
246 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

OKZ047-051-052-062030-
BRYAN OK-MARSHALL OK-JOHNSTON OK-
246 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BRYAN...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 330
PM CDT...

AT 246 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILBURN...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURANT...MILBURN...SILO...ARMSTRONG...MEAD...FILLMORE AND NIDA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3401 9628 3394 9657 3423 9665 3430 9647
      3420 9640 3416 9641 3416 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 333DEG 18KT 3420 9652

MBS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	33 min
Aug 5, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	36 min
Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 25 more	31 hr
Aug 6, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	27 min
Aug 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer, Washita	29 min
Aug 6, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	30 min
Aug 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	50 min
Aug 6, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	46 min
Aug 6, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	31 min
Aug 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	30 min
Aug 6, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	29 min
Aug 6, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	28 min
Aug 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	27 min
Aug 6, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	26 min
Aug 6, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	28 min
Aug 6, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	27 min
Aug 6, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	28 min
Aug 6, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	25 min
Aug 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	45 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Wichita	27 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.