Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2013, 9:48 AM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2013, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2013, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Grady County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 29, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 6:48 AM CDT, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 648 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 .AVIATION... 29/12Z TAF ISSUANCE...COMPLICATED AND LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST WILL CONTINUE. MODEL DATA VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH WIDESPREAD IFR/MVFR CIGS TODAY AND HIGH PROBABILITY FOR RAIN/TSRA. WE WILL INCLUDE LIFR/VLIFR CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF FORECAST ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TERMINALS DUE TO FOG/STRATUS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE MORNING AND ALLOW CIGS AND VIS TO IMPROVE THERE. WILL INCLUDE MAINLY MVFR/VFR ELSEWHERE. WILL ONLY INCLUDE TSRA IN TAF WHERE HIGHER CONFIDENCE/IMPACTS WOULD RESIDE ACROSS FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA/WRN NORTH TEXAS TOWARD AND AFTER 23Z. VCSH WILL BE INCLUDED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WITH RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 71 55 78 51 / 40 50 20 30 HOBART OK 70 54 79 53 / 20 60 10 30 WICHITA FALLS TX 76 56 83 56 / 20 50 20 30 GAGE OK 72 46 78 46 / 30 40 20 40 PONCA CITY OK 72 52 75 48 / 40 40 10 20 DURANT OK 73 56 78 55 / 30 40 30 60 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 23/99/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
500 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-301000-
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-
500 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM WOODWARD TO HOBART TO VERNON
TEXAS TO SEYMOUR.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL THIS EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
MODERATE INSTABILITY...COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY WEAK VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR...WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS LATER TODAY. A
MODERATELY STRONG CAPPING INVERSION WILL PREVENT SURFACE-BASED STORMS
FROM FORMING THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT THE CAP IS THEN
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERNS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO
THE NIGHT...BUT A STRENGTHENING SURFACE INVERSION WILL AGAIN LIMIT
THE OVERALL INTENSITY OF THE STORMS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MAR 30.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...
AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.
CMSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 8:51 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 851 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 OKZ023-027-291415- CADDO OK-GRADY OK- 851 AM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CADDO AND NORTHWESTERN GRADY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM CDT... AT 849 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRACEMONT... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... LAT...LON 3528 9838 3528 9790 3502 9794 3511 9841 TIME...MOT...LOC 1349Z 276DEG 31KT 3519 9830 KURTZ
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 9:45 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 24 min |
| Mar 29, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady, McClain | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 20 min |
| Mar 29, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Murray | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 25 min |
| Mar 29, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 27 min |
| Mar 29, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 17 min |
| Mar 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 22 min |
| Mar 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 50 min |
| Mar 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.