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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT for Kay County, 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
- Jul 14, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kay County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 Jul 14, 4:02 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 4:02 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1145 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151030- 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 MON JUL 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES ARE LOW... BUT A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. OVERNIGHT... ANY REMAINING STORMS WILL PUSH TOWARD THE RED RIVER AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... STORM CHANCES ON TUESDAY ARE LOW... AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SPREADS INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND OZARKS... LEAVING MUCH OF THE REGION DRY. AFTER THIS LULL IN ACTIVITY... CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS LIKELY. DEPENDING ON STORM MOTION AND COVERAGE... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE UPPER WAVE EXITS TO THE EAST AND A FRONT LINGERS ACROSS TEXAS. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. KURTZ/30
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
122 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014
OKZ016-017-022>024-027-141915-
CUSTER OK-BLAINE OK-WASHITA OK-CADDO OK-GRADY OK-CANADIAN OK-
122 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER...
SOUTHWESTERN BLAINE...EASTERN WASHITA...CADDO...WESTERN GRADY AND
SOUTHWESTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...
AT 119 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOOKEBA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LAT...LON 3561 9837 3520 9798 3496 9857 3506 9863
3510 9862 3512 9866 3559 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 318DEG 22KT 3539 9841Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
223 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014
OKZ022-023-027-035-038-142000-
KIOWA OK-WASHITA OK-CADDO OK-GRADY OK-COMANCHE OK-
223 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA...SOUTHEASTERN
WASHITA...SOUTHERN CADDO...WEST CENTRAL GRADY AND NORTH CENTRAL
COMANCHE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
AT 219 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CARNEGIE AND
GRACEMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3535 9827 3508 9795 3478 9862 3495 9867
3517 9872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 338DEG 17KT 3517 9844Local storm report, Jul 14, 2:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
247 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0247 PM HAIL 5 S CARNEGIE 35.03N 98.60W
07/14/2014 E1.00 INCH CADDO OK PUBLIC
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JPIKESpecial weather statement, Jul 14, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woodward | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 31 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.