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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2014, 11:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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 22, 2014, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 22, 6:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 629 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 .AVIATION... 0Z TAFS... VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS TERMINALS FROM AROUND 03Z TO 14Z. ADDITIONAL STORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS TERMINALS. STRONG VARIABLE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE STORMS TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 238 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014/ DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COLORADO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND FORM A LARGER AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. IT SHOULD MOVE INTO NW OK LATE THIS EVENING AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OR NORTHERN HALF OF OK BY NOON SUNDAY. THIS IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN FOR THE NEXT WEEK. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OK WILL PROVIDE AN AREA FOR DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY, UPPER FLOW BECOMES VERY LIGHT AND NO SURFACE BOUNDARY IS LONGER APPARENT. CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE LOW THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. MODEL UNCERTAINTY OVER RAIN IN THE WEEKEND CURRENTLY KEEPS CHANCES LOW, AND LATEST TRENDS ARE NOT TO INCREASE THEM FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 70 86 70 86 / 60 60 40 40 HOBART OK 70 88 69 88 / 60 50 40 30 WICHITA FALLS TX 73 92 71 90 / 30 50 50 40 GAGE OK 66 86 66 87 / 70 30 30 30 PONCA CITY OK 70 86 68 86 / 60 60 20 30 DURANT OK 73 89 71 87 / 20 50 50 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 84/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:07 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 407 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-231030- 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- 407 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEDFORD... TO CLINTON... AND TO MANGUM OKLAHOMA. TIMING... THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH 1 AM. IMPACTS... WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TWO INCHES... AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. DISCUSSION... ADDITIONAL ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THROUGH SUNSET ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS... BUT CHANCES ARE LOW. IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP... SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED... BUT SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE PANHANDLES AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO AT LEAST EARLY EVENING. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TWO INCHES. MEANWHILE... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO ARE EXPECTED TO CONGEAL INTO ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES THAT WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. AS THESE STORMS ENTER INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA... SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS POSSIBLE. AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT... THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH. HOWEVER... A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
615 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014
OKZ004-009-222345-
HARPER OK-ELLIS OK-
615 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARPER AND
NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 613 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SLAPOUT
MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM THE STORM WILL AFFECT
EXTREME SOUTHWEST HARPER COUNTY AND NORTHWEST ELLIS COUNTY...
NEAR AND WEST OF LAVERNE AND CATESBY.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CATESBY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
STAY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3667 9999 3671 9988 3670 9987 3642 9975
3641 9976 3640 9980 3637 10000 3664 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 332DEG 10KT 3656 10016Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Woods | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 25 min |
| Jun 22, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Noble | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey, Roger Mills | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer, Roger Mills | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Custer | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Washita | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 27 min |
| Jun 23, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 16 min |
| Jun 23, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Jackson, Kiowa | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady, Oklahoma | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady, Oklahoma | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 3:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens | 36 min |
| Jun 23, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 4:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston, Love, Marshall, Pontotoc | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 5:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Foard, Knox, Wilbarger | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 25 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.