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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Norman, OK

March 29, 2013Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2013, 9:34 PM CDT for Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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
Mar 29, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 978 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
978 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.4

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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, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
658 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

.UPDATE...
WILL UPDATE ALL ELEMENTS.

AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR THE 00Z TAFS IS BELOW.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY BEFORE 2 AM CDT...REMAIN
THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

GENERALLY EXPECT STORM COVERAGE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS AS A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE/LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TO PROVIDE LIFT AND WEAKEN THE CAP.
SPLITTING STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN A FEW AREAS. TORNADO THREAT REMAINS LOW TO VERY
LOW...THOUGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. STORMS SO FAR HAVE BEEN UNORGANIZED AND MAY CONTINUE TO
REMAIN UNORGANIZED...THOUGH CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE THROUGH 16Z...THEN
MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE AFTER 16Z.

FOR KOKC AND KOUN...THINK VCTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 12Z...THOUGH
EXACT TIMING OF STORMS REMAINS UNCERTAIN. GENERALLY VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...WHICH MAY BECOME MVFR/IFR
06-16Z...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH.

FOR KSPS...KLAW...AND KHBR...THINK VCTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 06Z.
THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR ORGANIZED TSRA WITH STRONG WINDS AND
HAIL AT THESE SITES. GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...WHICH
MAY BECOME MVFR/IFR 06-16Z.

AT KWWR AND KGAG...KEPT VFR CONDITIONS AND REMOVED IFR OR LOWER
CONDITIONS AS CONFIDENCE OF THESE LOWER CONDITIONS OCCURRING
APPEARS TO BE TOO LOW TO MENTION.

IF STORMS DIRECTLY AFFECT ANY GIVEN SITE...IFR OR LOWER
CONDITIONS...STRONG VARIABLE WINDS...AND HAIL WOULD BE
POSSIBLE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 259 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013/

DISCUSSION...
THE FORECAST IS A BIT COMPLICATED FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. CURRENTLY...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS THROUGH NORTH
CENTRAL OK FROM WEST TO EAST. ALTHOUGH MOST OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED INTO SE OK THIS
AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS
EVENING AND LATER TONIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRAVERSES OK.
COVERAGE IS DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH CIN IS
PRESENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT HAVE FOCUSED
HIGHEST POPS NEAR THE EXTREME SW ZONES ACROSS TX WHERE TEMPS ARE
FINALLY STARTING TO WARM BENEATH HOLES IN THE CIRRUS. LARGE HAIL
COULD ACCOMPANY THE STORMS LATER THIS EVENING GIVEN VERY STEEP MID
LEVEL LAPS RATES AND MODEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR. AS THIS WAVE MOVES
OUT OF THE REGION EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...SO WILL THE SHOWERS AND
STORMS. HOWEVER...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME ACTIVITY
REDEVELOPING ALONG A SFC TROUGH FROM NE OK THROUGH SW OK.

BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ANOTHER MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL
MOVE OUT OF WEST TX AND NEAR NORTH TX DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
NEAR THE SAME TIME A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE NEAR THE RED RIVER
VALLEY. POPS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AS A RESULT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FA. RIGHT NOW...WILL STAY JUST BELOW LIKELY.
FINALLY...A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT IS STILL ANTICIPATED MONDAY
AS A DEEP UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. EVEN SNOW WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS N/NW/W OK TUESDAY.

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

MBS
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan48 min
Mar 29, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman44 min
Mar 29, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton39 min
Mar 29, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble49 min
Mar 29, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne49 min
Mar 29, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan47 min
Mar 29, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton13 min
Mar 29, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma45 min
Mar 29, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman48 min
Mar 29, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson49 min
Mar 29, 9:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln24 min
Mar 29, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman47 min
Mar 29, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson50 min
Mar 29, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Woods27 min
Mar 29, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson36 min
Mar 29, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods28 min
Mar 29, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher37 min
Mar 29, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln35 min
Mar 29, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant26 min
Mar 29, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love26 min
Mar 29, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble43 min
Mar 29, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant26 min
Mar 30, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher44 min
Mar 30, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa42 min
Mar 30, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant29 min
Mar 30, 3:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Oklahoma33 min
Mar 30, 6:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln26 min
Mar 30, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln44 min
Mar 30, 6:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay35 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche24 min
Mar 30, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche41 min
Mar 30, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche37 min
Mar 30, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche35 min
Mar 30, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole24 min
Mar 30, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole23 min
Mar 30, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole35 min
Mar 29, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger49 min
Mar 29, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay40 min
Mar 29, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNArcher37 min
Mar 29, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay47 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.