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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 2014Harper County, Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2014, 1:32 AM CDT for Harper County, Woods 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 15, 2014, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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 15, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2014-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 318 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 2014-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper49 min
Jun 15, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward64 min
Jun 15, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major39 min
Jun 15, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.