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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2013, 5:25 PM CDT for Harper County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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 18, 2013, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2013, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harper County, OK
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2095 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 18, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 225 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013 .DISCUSSION... STAGE STILL APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP FOR A VERY BUSY FEW DAYS WRT SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LARGE SCALE WESTERN TROUGH WILL BRING SEVERAL SHORTWAVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE MAIN TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. FOR TODAY... CAPPING INVERSION HAS HELD THINGS IN CHECK... BUT MIDDAY SOUNDING ACROSS THE AREA SHOW ONLY MINIMAL CAP STILL REMAINING. EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY AND STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS... SEVERE STORMS ARE LIKELY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED ON SUNDAY WITH THE MAIN SFC BOUNDARIES RESIDING FARTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE STATE WITH AFTN STORMS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND MORE LIKELY AFFECTING CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. AGAIN INSTABILITY AND WIND FIELDS WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR HIGH END SEVERE STORMS. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS HAVE SLOWED THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF SFC BOUNDARIES DOWN AND KEEP MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA IN THE RISK ON MONDAY AND PERHAPS EVEN INTO TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE PARTICULARS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY/NIGHT BEFORE. OTHERWISE VERY WARM/HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE SFC FRONT WORKS THROUGH THE AREA WITH SOME COOLER AND DRIER AIR WORKING INTO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 69 90 66 87 / 30 30 50 50 HOBART OK 69 95 63 94 / 30 20 10 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 71 98 67 97 / 30 20 20 20 GAGE OK 61 88 56 84 / 30 20 20 20 PONCA CITY OK 70 89 64 84 / 30 50 60 50 DURANT OK 69 88 71 88 / 20 20 30 30 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 26/30
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 12:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1219 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191000-
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-
1219 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA...AND A SLIGHT RISK THAT INCLUDES
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR CHEROKEE...TO WATONGA...TO WEATHERFORD...
TO ELK CITY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES MUCH OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE
FROM CHANDLER... TO SULPHUR...TO MARIETTA INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL LARGER THAN BASEBALLS MAY CREATE DAMAGE TO CROPS..
ROOFS AND CARS. DAMAGING WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE
STRUCTURES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
A DRYLINE WILL LIE ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE...PLUS LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL WAVE...WILL HELP GENERATE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG INSTABILITY AND MODERATE
TO STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS VERY FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA...CONDITIONS WILL
SUPPORT A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME LESS NUMEROUS AFTER MIDNIGHT
REDUCING THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MAY 19.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
AN ELEVATED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...
AND POSSIBLY INTO TUESDAY. A CHANCE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY...BUT THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW AFTER TUESDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SUNDAY.
CMS/30/26In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 18, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills | 43 min |
| May 18, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 4 more | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 4 more | 32 min |
| May 18, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 15 min |
| May 18, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 18, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 39 min |
| May 18, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 16 min |
| May 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 48 min |
| May 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita | 46 min |
| May 18, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Kiowa, Washita | 47 min |
| May 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer | 29 min |
| May 18, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 24 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.