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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK

May 19, 2013Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 7:26 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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
May 19, 2013, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1603 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

657 
WUUS54 KOUN 200026
SVROUN
OKC081-200100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0310.130520T0026Z-130520T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
726 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
  SOUTH OF STROUD TO PRAGUE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STROUD...PRAGUE...DAVENPORT AND SPARKS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&

LAT...LON 3546 9687 3547 9687 3569 9685 3582 9662
      3546 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 253DEG 38KT 3569 9665 3550 9671 

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay43 min
May 19, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay46 min
May 19, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay16 min
May 19, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble30 min
May 19, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble30 min
May 19, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble27 min
May 20, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens26 min
May 20, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens26 min
May 20, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain60 min
May 20, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Grady, Stephens59 min
May 20, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma48 min
May 20, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Logan, Oklahoma42 min
May 20, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton40 min
May 20, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton53 min
May 20, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens66 min
May 20, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma35 min
May 20, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Grady, Stephens33 min
May 20, 3:01 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma44 min
May 20, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens53 min
May 20, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Grady, Stephens64 min
May 20, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Payne39 min
May 20, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson64 min
May 20, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie35 min
May 20, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Stephens62 min
May 20, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma46 min
May 20, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln35 min
May 20, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson61 min
May 20, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pottawatomie39 min
May 20, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln33 min
May 20, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain32 min
May 20, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain56 min
May 20, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love62 min
May 20, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes30 min
May 20, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Hughes, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole55 min
May 20, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson39 min
May 20, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens46 min
May 20, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Noble, Payne44 min
May 20, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray60 min
May 20, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson36 min
May 20, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love38 min
May 20, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Marshall48 min
May 20, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc67 min
May 20, 6:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCotton, Jefferson3 hr
May 20, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Love39 min
May 20, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston23 min
May 20, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Johnston65 min
May 20, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love, Marshall50 min
May 20, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma46 min
May 20, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma43 min
May 20, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston36 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.