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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Norman, OK

September 1, 2014Blaine County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2014, 9:46 PM CDT for Blaine County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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
Sep 1, 2014, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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
Sep 1, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2014-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2416 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 2014-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
2416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
10.7

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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 Sep 1, 9:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 9:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 4:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
430 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-021000-
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-
430 PM CDT MON SEP 1 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

.LOCATION...
NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. PRIMARILY NORTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING
FROM ALVA AND FAIRVIEW TO STILLWATER.

.TIMING...
5 PM THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.IMPACTS...
THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WILL BE HAIL THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS 65 TO 75 MPH.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS FAR NORTH
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. IF ENOUGH
STORMS CAN DEVELOP AND CREATE ENOUGH OUTFLOW...THIS OUTFLOW
MAY SURGE SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING A FEW STORMS TO APPROACH THE OKC METRO.
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DECREASE WITH TIME AFTER 9 PM.

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION
THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL PARTS OF OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERNS.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT TRIES TO MAKE PROGRESS OVER THE
REGION.

.HEAT...
IT WILL BE HOT THIS WEEK WHEN AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM
THE MIDDLE 90S TO JUST OVER 100 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
AVERAGE 100 TO 105. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO BE OUTDOORS...FOLLOW
HEAT SAFETY GUIDELINES.

GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW
OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 1, 8:46 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
846 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0828 PM     HAIL             CHILOCCO                36.98N 97.07W
09/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       KAY                OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            IN CHILOCCO UP TO KANSAS BORDER.

&&

MAHALE
Local storm report, Sep 1, 9:01 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
901 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0858 PM     HAIL             2 NW ENID               36.43N 97.91W
09/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       GARFIELD           OK   PUBLIC

&&

MAHALE
Local storm report, Sep 1, 9:04 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
904 PM CDT MON SEP 01 2014

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

0900 PM     HAIL             2 W ENID                36.40N 97.92W
09/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       GARFIELD           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MAHALE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major49 min
Sep 1, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay27 min
Sep 1, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay43 min
Sep 1, 7:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Major3 hr
Sep 1, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Major46 min
Sep 1, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay50 min
Sep 1, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield46 min
Sep 1, 8:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarfield3 hr
Sep 1, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher, Major44 min
Sep 1, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield33 min
Sep 1, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher34 min
Sep 2, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa31 min
Sep 2, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche24 min
Sep 2, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche25 min
Sep 2, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant26 min
Sep 2, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay40 min
Sep 2, 5:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay23 min
Sep 2, 10:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Payne2 hr
Sep 2, 12:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln2 hr

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.