Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 4:52 PM CDT for Archer County, Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 14, 2012, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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 14, 3:53 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:53 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 353 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 .DISCUSSION... HRRR HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON AND STORMS HAVE FORMED IN THIS GENERAL AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. OTHER STORMS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW 100S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S. STORMS ARE MOVING EAST THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY DRIFT SOUTHEAST AS A MID-LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS KANSAS/WESTERN MISSOURI. BETTER CHANCES FOR STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. EXPECT MOST OF THE RAIN...WHICH HAS DROPPED TEMPS INTO THE 60S...ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WILL BE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY THE EARLY EVENING. EC MODEL BRINGS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCES FOR STORMS MOST AREAS FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING/NIGHT. MOST MODEL BRING A COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH A SLOW MOVEMENT SHOULD DURING THE DAY. SURFACE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE RED RIVER/NORTH TEXAS BY 12Z FRIDAY. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH BETTER CHANCES SHIFTING SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT. EC BRINGS A COUPLE OF WAVES WITHIN A NORTH TO NORTHWEST/FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND. UNTIL THEN...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM NEAR AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT. WILL GO WITH A MAINLY DRY FORECAST FOR SUNDAY-TUESDAY WITH WARMER TEMPS EACH DAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 69 98 72 93 / 20 20 20 40 HOBART OK 68 100 72 94 / 60 20 20 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 73 98 75 100 / 60 20 20 20 GAGE OK 63 100 69 87 / 10 10 20 40 PONCA CITY OK 66 97 72 87 / 10 10 20 50 DURANT OK 71 94 73 98 / 60 20 20 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151100-
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-
1145 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING
THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THIS WILL OCCUR AS A
DISTURBANCE IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MOVES OUT OF THE
ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTERACTS WITH A SURFACE
BOUNDARY NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL RESULT
IN THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FARTHER NORTH ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AS INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN LIMITED.
PROBABILITY TABLE... VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY AUG 15.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS
PARTS OF THE AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS
A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE
STRONG TO SEVERE THIS WEEK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...DUE TO HOT
TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
NOON CDT TODAY.
MBS/MAXWELL/30In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 3:56 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 356 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 OKZ033-036-TXZ083-142130- HARMON OK-JACKSON OK-HARDEMAN TX- 356 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HARMON...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 355 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF HOLLIS TO JUST WEST OF QUANAH TEXAS. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH AND BLOWING DIRT... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... QUANAH...HOLLIS...MEDICINE MOUND...AND GOODLETT. LAT...LON 3472 10000 3487 9982 3417 9958 3435 10000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 254DEG 29KT 3451 10007 11
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:21 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
421 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
OKZ033-036-TXZ083-142145-
HARMON OK-JACKSON OK-HARDEMAN TX-
421 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARMON...SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON
AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 419 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG AND GUSTY THUNDERSTORM
WINDS EXTENDED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF DODSON
TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF GOULD TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLETT...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...
REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DIRT...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUANAH...HOLLIS...MEDICINE MOUND...ELDORADO...VINSON...AND
GOODLETT.
LAT...LON 3486 10000 3494 9978 3452 9965 3418 9959
3423 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 274DEG 25KT 3479 9993 3455 9982 3425 9986
11Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 451 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 OKZ033-036-TXZ083-142215- HARMON OK-JACKSON OK-HARDEMAN TX- 451 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARMON... SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 446 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOULD TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLETT... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DIRT... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELDORADO...DUKE AND MCQUEEN. LAT...LON 3471 9975 3463 9939 3425 9958 3437 9987 TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 293DEG 26KT 3463 9973 3442 9981 11
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 4:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
452 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
TXZ086-089-090-142245-
WICHITA TX-CLAY TX-ARCHER TX-
452 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA...CLAY
AND NORTHEASTERN ARCHER COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...
AT 451 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WICHITA
FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WICHITA FALLS...SHEPPARD AFB...IOWA PARK...HENRIETTA...ARCHER CITY...
HOLLIDAY...PETROLIA...BYERS...SCOTLAND...BELLEVUE...WINDTHORST...
DEAN...JOLLY...BLUEGROVE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...LAKESIDE CITY...
PLEASANT VALLEY...CASHION AND JOY.
LAT...LON 3351 9869 3401 9870 3408 9814 3367 9797
3359 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 265DEG 18KT 3389 9855
AUSTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Marshall | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 46 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Texas, 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.