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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2013, 7:01 PM CDT for Kiowa 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2013, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, OK
The radar
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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 May 9, 6:19 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:19 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 619 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 .AVIATION... 0Z TAFS... SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF OK AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. SHOWERS/STORMS MAY LINGER INTO FRI AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF CENTRAL/SOUTHERN OK AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BUT CHANCES TOO LOW FOR MENTION IN THE TAF. STRONG AND VARIABLE WINDS AND HAIL COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH/NEAR ANY OF THE STORMS TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRI. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013/ DISCUSSION... COMPLEX WEATHER FORECAST THIS EVENING. MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES ARE IN THE AREA AND CLOUDINESS HAS LIMITED WARMING. BUT MESOANALYSIS SHOWS INSTABILITY HAS BEEN INCREASING AND CIN WEAKENING. 12Z OUN SOUNDING SHOWED IT WOULD NOT TAKE MUCH WARMING TO ELIMINATE THE CIN. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE ALSO SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WAVE MOVING THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND BEGINNING TO ENHANCE LIFT. OVERALL RESULT SHOULD BE SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INSTABILITY IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE. STORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST INTO TOMORROW EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 55 76 51 73 / 50 20 10 10 HOBART OK 54 75 50 76 / 50 20 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 55 78 53 79 / 40 30 10 10 GAGE OK 49 71 48 74 / 30 10 10 20 PONCA CITY OK 56 73 50 74 / 50 20 10 20 DURANT OK 58 79 55 78 / 40 30 20 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 25/25/25
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 11:55 AM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-100000-
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-
1155 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLLIS TO ELK CITY
TO TALOGA TO MEDFORD.
TIMING...2 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT
HAZARDS...LARGE HAIL TO BASEBALL DIAMETER...DAMAGING WIND...ISOLATED
TORNADOES.
DISCUSSION...
SURFACE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A
SLOWLY-MOVING COLD FRONT. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT...AND SURFACE HEATING
WITH ITS ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL INSTABILITY...WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY ALOFT WILL
THEN SUPPORT LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH MANY OF THE STORMS. SUPERCELL
STRUCTURES ARE EXPECTED IN SOME CASES...AND TORNADOES MAY OCCUR WITH THESE
STORMS...WHICH WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN WITHIN
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SUNSET.
PROBABILITY TABLE...VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MAY 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...100 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE ARE LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE WEEKEND. NONE ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERE.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM FRIDAY.
CMSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
556 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
OKZ035-092330-
KIOWA OK-
556 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...
AT 551 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
4 MILES SOUTH OF CARNEGIE TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPERTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3504 9897 3512 9863 3510 9862 3501 9862
3501 9861 3495 9862 3484 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 237DEG 10KT 3504 9863 3493 9893
..SPEG.Special weather statement, May 9, 6:46 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 51 min |
| May 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 25 min |
| May 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 28 min |
| May 9, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 34 min |
| May 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 31 min |
| May 10, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 38 min |
| May 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 30 min |
| May 10, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa, Tillman | 45 min |
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Sources
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