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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2014, 8:51 PM CDT for Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
- May 7, 2014, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Stephens County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 May 7, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 848 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 .UPDATE... SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING... UPDATED POPS/WX/TEMPS && .DISCUSSION... QUICK EVENING UPDATE... STORMS CONTINUE DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WRN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE DRYLINE HAS STARTED TO RETREAT... WITH 01Z SFC ANALYSIS PLACING IT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE OK/TX PH BORDER. DEW POINTS HAVE RECOVERED NICELY... WITH BUFKIT PROFILES CONTINUING TO SHOW A DECENT ENVIRONMENT ACROSS SWRN OK AND WRN N TX... 0-6KM SHEAR OF 30 TO 45KTS... AND 1000 TO 1700 J/KG SBCAPE. AS STORM MOVE EAST... THEY WILL START TO MOVE INTO A SLIGHTLY LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SFC BASED STORMS... AS 08/00Z OPERATIONAL SOUNDING FROM KOUN STILL SHOWS A SIZABLE EML BETWEEN 850-800MB. HOWEVER... SFC BASED MOISTURE IS GOOD... WITH A GOOD ISENTROPIC RESPONSE IN THE BL. BUFR SOUNDINGS FROM OKC SHOWS THE EML WEAKENING... AND COMBINED WITH THE INCREASED LLJ OVERNIGHT AS THE H500 TROUGH DIGS FURTHER E/SE ACROSS THE ROCKIES... EXPECT A ROUND TWO OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION TO PICK UP NEAR/AFTER MIDNIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH THE MORNING. EXPECT A LINEAR/COMPLEX TO EVOLVE THROUGH THE EARLYTHURSDAY MORNING HOURS CONSIDERING DECENT 1500 TO 1800 SFC-500 MUCAPE AND 0-3KM SHEAR OF 30 TO 40 KTS AHEAD OF A WEAK SFC TROUGH NUDGING EASTWARD. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL LESSEN OVERNIGHT... BUT IF CLUSTERS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP ANY SIZABLE COLD POOLS... THERE COULD BE A WIND THREAT OVERNIGHT. JTK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 67 82 59 80 / 40 60 20 10 HOBART OK 64 89 54 83 / 40 30 10 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 67 87 60 87 / 50 50 10 10 GAGE OK 60 85 48 80 / 20 10 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 70 82 58 78 / 40 50 50 10 DURANT OK 69 79 67 85 / 30 80 30 20 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 4:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 459 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-082200- 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- 459 PM CDT WED MAY 7 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 THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SEMINOLE TO MADILL...INCLUDING THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES OKLAHOMA CITY...WICHITA FALLS... LAWTON...PONCA CITY...ENID...CLINTON...ALTUS...AND STILLWATER. TIMING... THE PEAK HOURS FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 10 PM. SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT OVERALL INTENSITY WILL BE LESS. IMPACTS... VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES... DISCUSSION... SUPERCELLS WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND JUST EAST OF A DRYLINE ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST TO NEAR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LATE TONIGHT...THE APPROACH OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR MORE STORM DEVELOPMENT AND GREATER COVERAGE OF STORMS. FIRST REDEVELOPMENT MAY BE AROUND MIDNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OR SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...DUE TO MODERATE INSTABILITY AND INCREASING SHEAR...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN HAZARDS. STORMS LATE TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS SEVERE COMPARED TO THE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND MAY BECOME ELEVATED. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS OR PERHAPS A SQUALL LINE LATE TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. MBS/CMS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 8:21 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
821 PM CDT WED MAY 07 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0718 PM HAIL 2 E VINSON 34.90N 99.82W
05/07/2014 E1.00 INCH HARMON OK PUBLIC
&&
DWSpecial weather statement, May 7, 8:23 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 823 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 OKZ027-039-040-080145- GRADY OK-GARVIN OK-STEPHENS OK- 823 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRADY...WESTERN GARVIN AND NORTHWESTERN STEPHENS COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 820 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARLOW... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DUNCAN...MARLOW...BRAY...CENTRAL HIGH AND COX CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3447 9794 3460 9810 3490 9784 3472 9760 TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 222DEG 35KT 3460 9796
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:27 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
827 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
OKZ006-007-080145-
GRANT OK-ALFALFA OK-
827 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN GRANT AND EAST CENTRAL
ALFALFA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 824 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NASH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3672 9765 3659 9805 3659 9810 3657 9811
3656 9812 3676 9825 3696 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 240DEG 49KT 3669 9810
WRLocal storm report, May 7, 8:32 PM CDT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 30 min |
| May 7, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 7, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 52 min |
| May 7, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 36 min |
| May 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Washita | 45 min |
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 46 min |
| May 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Roger Mills | 27 min |
| May 7, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer | 39 min |
| May 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 66 min |
| May 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 51 min |
| May 7, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 22 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 18 min |
| May 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Greer, Kiowa, Washita | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens | 51 min |
| May 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 58 min |
| May 7, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita | 50 min |
| May 7, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, Stephens | 49 min |
| May 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 52 min |
| May 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 57 min |
| May 7, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 49 min |
| May 7, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 28 min |
| May 7, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 55 min |
| May 7, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady | 40 min |
| May 7, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 54 min |
| May 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 46 min |
| May 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| May 8, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 48 min |
| May 8, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 23 min |
| May 8, 12:49 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens | 118 min |
| May 8, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Payne | 32 min |
| May 8, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 60 min |
| May 8, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Washita | 42 min |
| May 8, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Johnston, Marshall, Murray | 37 min |
| May 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 33 min |
| May 7, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 27 min |
| May 7, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 49 min |
| May 7, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 34 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.