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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Norman, OK

June 6, 20149 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2014, 11:27 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2014, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 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 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
2151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
10.0

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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, 9:27 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:27 PM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
927 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2014

.UPDATE...
OVERALL FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. STORMS THAT DEVELOPED TO THE WEST ARE
BEGINNING TO CONGEAL AND APPROACH WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA. THIS
COMPLEX/S WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO BE A PROBLEM. NO
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

MAXWELL
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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.
&&

25/02
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 10:58 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 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
Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
833 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0828 PM     HAIL             WOODWARD                36.43N 99.39W
06/06/2014  E1.00 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

MDAY
Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
837 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     HAIL             8 SW LAVERNE            36.63N 100.00W
06/06/2014  E1.75 INCH       HARPER             OK   PUBLIC

&&

MDAY
Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
843 PM CDT FRI JUN 06 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0829 PM     HAIL             WOODWARD                36.43N 99.39W
06/06/2014  E1.75 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MDAY
Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:29 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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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, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward43 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 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.