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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2014, 8:52 PM CDT for Atoka County, Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 13, 2014, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 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 Apr 13, 1:18 PM CDT, 7 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 1:18 PM CDT, 7 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
118 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
.DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THE FRONT/DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AS
BOUNDARIES ARE MOVING QUICKLY. SEE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER PRODUCT
FOR DETAILS. VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL PRECEDE AND FOLLOW THE FRONT. A
WIND ADVISORY COVERS BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT UNTIL MID-DAY MONDAY.
THE AIRMASS IS QUITE COLD FOR MID-APRIL AND TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL QUICKLY WHEN THE FRONT PASSES. UNTIL THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS
ARE BEING MET IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FREEZE
WARNING IS EFFECTIVE EARLY MONDAY IN NORTHWEST OK AND A HARD
FREEZE AND FREEZE WARNINGS FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AREA EARLY
TUESDAY. AFTER A VERY COOL MONDAY, MILD WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR
MOST OF THE WEEK. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN THURSDAY BECAUSE OF A
FAST-MOVING UPPER WAVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THEN AGAIN
IN THE WEEKEND WHEN A SLOWER UPPER LOW APPROACHES FROM THE
SOUTHWEST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 38 47 26 61 / 40 30 0 0
HOBART OK 36 49 23 63 / 10 20 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 41 52 26 63 / 20 10 0 0
GAGE OK 32 46 23 66 / 50 30 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 35 46 25 61 / 30 40 0 0
DURANT OK 45 50 30 60 / 60 10 10 0
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR OKZ004>025-
027-033>038-044.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR OKZ004>031-033>041-
044>046-050.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY FOR OKZ004-005-009-
010-014.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR OKZ026-028>032-
039>043-045>048-050>052.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ021>023-
033>038-044.
TX...HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR TXZ083>089.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CDT MONDAY FOR TXZ083>090.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR TXZ090.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>089.
&&
06/09Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 11:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1145 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-141015- 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- 1145 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT .THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. BY 3 PM...A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN INCREASING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. THE RISK OF TORNADOES IS LOW. .SEVERE OUTLOOK... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF A LINE FROM ENID TO CHICKASHA TO DUNCAN. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM 3 TO 10 PM. .FIRE WEATHER... VERY DRY...HOT...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF WILDFIRES IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS FOR AWHILE THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY. .STRONG WINDS... STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BE REPLACED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY .FREEZING TEMPERATURES... FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND THEN AGAIN ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BY TUESDAY MORNING. PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. 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, Apr 13, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
TXZ090-140045-
CLAY TX-
720 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
4 MILES WEST OF NOCONA TO 6 MILES EAST OF WINDTHORST...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 9842 3362 9842 3363 9841 3379 9798
3347 9798 3347 9831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 307DEG 21KT 3379 9780 3360 9832Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
737 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM HAIL WILSON 34.16N 97.43W
04/13/2014 E1.00 INCH CARTER OK STORM CHASER
&&Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:53 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 31 min |
| Apr 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Marshall | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 18 min |
| Apr 13, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 3:34 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 40 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.