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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK

May 8, 2014Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas; 6 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at May 8, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT for Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2014, 2:47 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 1:25 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 627 Nw Velma, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2014-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1446 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2014-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 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
1446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

688 
WWUS74 KOUN 080549
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1249 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

OKZ023-027-038-039-044-045-TXZ086-089-090-080900-
/O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0002.140508T0549Z-140508T0900Z/
CADDO-GRADY-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-COTTON-JEFFERSON-WICHITA-ARCHER-
CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...CHICKASHA...LAWTON...
DUNCAN...WALTERS...WAURIKA...WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...
HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
1249 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING: THROUGH 4 AM.

* WINDS: GUSTS 60 TO 80 MPH FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST.

* IMPACTS: EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND...MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AND CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST.

&&

$$

MBS
1 follow-up statement
928 
WWUS74 KOUN 080747
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
247 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

OKZ023-027-038-039-044-045-TXZ086-089-090-080900-
/O.CAN.KOUN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140508T0900Z/
CADDO-GRADY-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-COTTON-JEFFERSON-WICHITA-ARCHER-
CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...CHICKASHA...LAWTON...
DUNCAN...WALTERS...WAURIKA...WICHITA FALLS...ARCHER CITY...
HOLLIDAY...LAKESIDE CITY...HENRIETTA
247 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

THE HIGH WINDS FROM A WAKE LOW HAVE ENDED.

$$

MBS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay, Wichita30 min
May 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman44 min
May 7, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay46 min
May 7, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay51 min
May 7, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBaylor, Knox27 min
May 7, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox49 min
May 7, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWilbarger34 min
May 7, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens52 min
May 7, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche36 min
May 7, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Washita45 min
May 7, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills27 min
May 7, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady47 min
May 7, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer39 min
May 7, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper66 min
May 7, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens22 min
May 7, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant18 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Greer, Kiowa, Washita45 min
May 7, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens51 min
May 7, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens39 min
May 7, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady58 min
May 7, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita50 min
May 7, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, Stephens49 min
May 7, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady52 min
May 7, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady57 min
May 7, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady49 min
May 7, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche28 min
May 7, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma55 min
May 7, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady40 min
May 7, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma54 min
May 7, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma46 min
May 7, 11:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma3 hr
May 8, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma48 min
May 8, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln23 min
May 8, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln, Oklahoma, Payne32 min
May 8, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble60 min
May 8, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey, Washita42 min
May 8, 7:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, Johnston, Marshall, Murray37 min
May 8, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay33 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.