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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

April 3, 2014Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 10:10 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2014, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2014-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

195 
WWUS84 KOUN 040310
SPSOUN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1010 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014
 
OKZ048-040345-
ATOKA OK-
1010 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ATOKA COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1004 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BLANCO TO NEAR CANEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE... 

LAT...LON 3451 9575 3451 9578 3447 9578 3417 9598
      3416 9637 3442 9618 3442 9614 3447 9615
      3451 9611 3451 9609 3454 9609 3468 9598
      3466 9588 3460 9588 3459 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 250DEG 20KT 3466 9579 3423 9625 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:23 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNBeckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 11 more6 hr
Apr 3, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston46 min
Apr 3, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka22 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.