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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Norman, OK

June 6, 2014Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 8:32 PM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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 6, 2014, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
7.1

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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 Jun 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
615 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. TSTM COMPLEX
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TONIGHT AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE REGION.
ACTIVITY ON THE HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING SEEMS BETTER ORGANIZED THAN
LAST NIGHT. WILL USE THE HIGH RES MODEL DATA TO TIME THE BETTER TSRA
CHANCES TONIGHT. SOME BRIEF MVFR/IFR WITH THE TSRA...OTRW GENLY VFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PD.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014/

.DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER PATTERN HAS CHANGED LITTLE SINCE YESTERDAY...WITH
NEARLY ZONAL FLOW OVERSPREADING THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS...AND A FLATTENED RIDGE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST STATES. WITHIN THIS FLOW...SEVERAL IMPULSES
ARE APPARENT IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. THESE RIPPLES WILL ACT TO
INITIATE CONVECTION ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO AND NEW
MEXICO VIRTUALLY EACH DAY FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST
SUNDAY. AS STORMS EVENTUALLY MERGE...LARGE CLUSTERS OF STORMS AND
MCSS APPEAR PROBABLE...MUCH LIKE THE ONE THAT MOVED ACROSS KANSAS
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TWO NIGHTS AGO...AND ACROSS OKLAHOMA LAST
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING. THESE NOCTURNAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL BRING
BENEFICIAL RAIN...PERHAPS TOO BENEFICIAL IN SOME AREAS...AND THE
THREAT OF HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WITH IMPRESSIVE PWAT VALUES
OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH
PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...OPTED TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN...WESTERN...AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EXPANDED
SPATIALLY AND/OR TEMPORALLY IN LATER FORECASTS...BUT THIS IS THE
BEST GUESS AT THIS POINT.

AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...MODELS SUGGEST A CLOSED LOW
WILL EVOLVE...BRINGING RAIN CHANCES TO AN END BY MID WEEK.
THEREAFTER...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL BECOME
REESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH A RETURN OF SUMMER
HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  71  87  68  83 /  70  50  70  60
HOBART OK         71  89  68  84 /  70  30  70  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  95  71  89 /  30  20  60  40
GAGE OK           67  82  63  76 /  80  50  70  30
PONCA CITY OK     70  82  65  78 /  90  60  50  50
DURANT OK         73  90  73  87 /  20  30  50  60

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR OKZ004>032-034-035.

TX...NONE.
&&

26/84
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 8:18 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
818 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071000-
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-
818 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN...
WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. THERE IS THEN A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK IS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BLACKWELL AND KINGFISHER...
TO CLINTON AND ELK CITY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTHEAST OF THE MODERATE
RISK AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM KNOX CITY AND WICHITA FALLS TEXAS... TO
DUNCAN AND ADA OKLAHOMA.

TIMING...
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE SATURDAY MORNING HOURS.

IMPACTS...
DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW TORNADOES
COULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA THROUGH 10 PM.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO
AND NEW MEXICO AND IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE  FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY BE INDIVIDUAL STORMS IN PARTS OF
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING BUT THEN STORMS WILL
CONGEAL INTO ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION.

STRONG INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR WILL LEAD TO STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS THIS EVENING...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN. A TORNADO OR TWO ALSO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT WITH THIS ACTIVITY IN
PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LATE THIS EVENING THE TORNADO
POTENTIAL WILL DECREASE BUT SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT
INTO SATURDAY MORNING PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 75 MPH AND
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.

.HEAVY RAINFALL...
HEAVY RAINS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... WITH
THE HIGHEST CHANCES DURING THE EVENING INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS.
SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLOODING WILL ALSO
REMAIN POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE AFTER MONDAY
BUT CONTINUE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.

GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW
OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:27 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
827 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

OKZ010-070145-
WOODWARD OK-
827 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WOODWARD COUNTY UNTIL 845
PM CDT...

AT 824 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODWARD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3658 9904 3634 9933 3645 9950 3659 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 217DEG 17KT 3646 9936

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper37 min
Jun 6, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward42 min
Jun 6, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward18 min
Jun 6, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods35 min
Jun 6, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward57 min
Jun 6, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward46 min
Jun 6, 10:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHarper, Major, Woods, Woodward3 hr
Jun 6, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward46 min
Jun 6, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer43 min
Jun 6, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major27 min
Jun 6, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita40 min
Jun 6, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 3 more48 min
Jun 7, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita27 min
Jun 7, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher29 min
Jun 7, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan43 min
Jun 7, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche45 min
Jun 7, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay, Noble25 min
Jun 7, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne48 min
Jun 7, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain and 2 more50 min
Jun 7, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay24 min
Jun 7, 1:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson, Stephens50 min
Jun 7, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie41 min
Jun 7, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln28 min
Jun 7, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, Jefferson24 min
Jun 7, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole28 min
Jun 7, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter, Hughes, Love, Murray, Pontotoc41 min
Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward18 hr
Jun 7, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole24 min
Jun 6, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNFoard, Knox, Wilbarger32 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.