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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 552, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2013, 4:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
- Jun 17, 2013, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 Jun 17, 2:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 229 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013 .DISCUSSION... A QLCS/SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO MOVE QUICKLY S/SEWRD ACROSS OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN. ON ITS PRESENT TIMING/TRACK...THE QLCS WILL REACH THE OKC METRO BETWEEN 0230 AND 0300 AM CDT. THE OVERALL LINE OF CONVECTION IS FAIRLY VAST...EXTENDING FROM JUST S OF AMARILLO OFF THE CAPROCK...EWD TO I- 40 ALONG THE OK/TX BORDER...NE THROUGH PONCA CITY...AND N INTO SRN KS. MESONET OBS ALONG THE PATH HAVE CONTINUED TO REPORT 45 TO 55 MPH WINDS ALONG THE LINE...HOWEVER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...AND CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. GIVEN ITS OVERNIGHT HOURS...REPORTS HAVE BEEN SPARSE...BUT THERE WAS A REPORT OF POWERLINES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE TOWN JET IN ALFALFA COUNTY AS THE LINE MOVED THROUGH. EXPECT THE QLCS TO CONTINUE ITS MOVEMENT S/SE AT 35 TO 40 KTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. DECENT OVERALL CONDITIONS EXIST FOR MCS MAINTENANCE...WITH GOOD SHEAR/COLD POOL BALANCE WITH 0-3KM SHEAR 0F 20 TO 35 KTS AND MUCAPES 1900 TO 2800 J/KG. THE N/NERN PORTION OF THE LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL OK WILL BE THE SECTION TO WATCH AS CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST FAVORABLE FOR WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. SFC-600MB THETA E DIFFS WILL BE 20 TO 25 K...WITH THE BEST POCKET OF MUCAPES RESIDING SWRN THROUGH CENTRAL OK. AS THE LINE APPROACHES THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH DAWN...IT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO A LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER...RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS FROM THE TX PANHANDLE THROUGH SOUTHERN OK. PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE MID-LEVEL RIDGE SLOWLY SHIFTS EWD INTO THE HIGH PLAINS...KEEPING A SFC TROUGH ORIENTED NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AS THE RIDGE FINALLY BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...INTO THE WEEKEND. JTK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 86 69 83 70 / 60 40 40 40 HOBART OK 93 68 87 68 / 40 60 30 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 94 72 88 72 / 60 50 40 50 GAGE OK 87 64 84 64 / 30 40 30 40 PONCA CITY OK 85 66 84 66 / 50 40 30 20 DURANT OK 90 71 86 70 / 60 50 50 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 1:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
125 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171730-
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-
125 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTHEAST OF PONCA CITY...ENID...WATONGA AND ELK CITY.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY.
IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD PLAN
FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH QUICKLY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED AS LINE MOVES SOUTHEAST WITH EMBEDDED GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
SOME HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THE
STORMS MAY LIMIT THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING...BUT SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS
IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES.
BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THE LINE OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY JUN 17.
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...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
FOR THE REMAINDER THE WEEK...A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING A VARIOUS
TIMES THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AND
URBANIZED AREAS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5
AM MONDAY MORNING...OR AS UPDATES ARE NEEDED.In 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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| Jun 16, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Ellis, Grant, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper and 4 more | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan and 3 more | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Washita | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Washita | 22 min |
| Jun 17, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Lincoln and 6 more | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Tillman | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 7 more | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton, Jackson, Tillman | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Jefferson, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 2 more | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Hughes, Murray, Pontotoc, Stephens | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Foard | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Knox | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 47 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.