Alert archive / Oklahoma / High Wind Watches in 2015
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind watch at Mar 25, 2015, 4:14 AM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 25, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2015, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 10:35 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Grady County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 24, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1150 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015 .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS... VFR/MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WED AFTN/EVENING SHIFTING WINDS TOWARDS THE NORTH AND BECOMING STRONG. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WED AFTN/EVENING AT SOME TAF SITES. STRONG VARIABLE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 924 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015/ UPDATE... VERY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO GOING FORECAST. DISCUSSION... ADJUSTED SHORT-TERM DEWPOINTS BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATION TRENDS BUT LITTLE OTHER CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. AN ISOLATED STORM STILL POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTIES TONIGHT NEAR STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LATEST NAM THIS EVENING POINTING TO POSSIBILITY OF FARTHER NORTH AND WEST INITIATION TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH QUICK EVOLUTION TO LINEAR MODE THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE EVENING TOMORROW. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 621 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015/ AVIATION... 0Z TAFS... VFR AND MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED THIS TAF PERIOD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY SHIFT WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT SOME TAF SITES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. STRONG VARIABLE WINDS COULD BE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 328 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERN IS FOCUSED ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT FOR FAR SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TOMORROW. 19Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT HAS CLEARED CENTRAL OK AND SHOULD REACH THE RED RIVER VALLEY AROUND 3 TO 4 PM. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTN AS IT PUSHES INTO ERN OK. THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS ERN OK INTO THE MO/AR OZARKS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL OK NEAR SUNSET... WITH BEST CHANCES NEAR COAL... ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTIES. HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS... POSSIBLY UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ANY STORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER... STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD OFF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO N/NW OK THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THIS FRONT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PROGRESSIVE H500 SHORT WAVE. EXPECT A QUICK RECOVERY THROUGH THE MORNING... WITH SFC DPTS PULLING BACK INTO THE MID 50S TO 60S AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CAPPING INVERSION AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS FAIRLY STOUT AND WILL LIKELY DELAY INITIALIZATION OF CONVECTION UNTIL MID/LATE AFTN... POSSIBLY 3 TO 4 PM IN CENTRAL OK. STORMS WILL INITIALIZE ON THE COLD FRONT... HOWEVER... WILL NEED TO WATCH THE DRY LINE ACROSS NRN TX MID AFTN... BUT EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THE CAP WILL BE TOO STRONG TO OVERCOME.... EXPECT THIS TO BE A FRONTAL SHOW. INITIAL STORMS WILL START OUT ISOLATED BUT QUICKLY MERGE INTO A MULTI-CELLULAR LINE MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE RED RIVER INTO THE LATE EVENING. HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT... WITH INSTABILITY/SHEAR COMBO WELL SUPPORTIVE OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND GOLF BALLS. SBCAPE WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 1500 TO 2500 AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR WILL BE AROUND 40 TO 50 KTS. WINDS WILL BE THE SECONDARY THREAT... WITH 60 TO 70MPH GUSTS POSSIBLE. TORNADOES ARE UNLIKELY... LCLS WILL BE 2000 TO 3000 FT INITIALLY AND THE FRONT WILL LIKELY UNDERCUT STORMS FAIRLY QUICKLY. ANY REMAINING STORMS WILL EXIT FAIRLY QUICKLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT... WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLY LINGERING ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL OK. THURSDAY MORNING... COOLER AIR WILL SPREAD IN BEHIND THE FRONT... WITH TEMPS ACROSS NRN OK DIPPING INTO THE MID 30S WITH SOME SITES NEARING FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS. AFTN HIGHS WILL BE MILD... IN THE 60S AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO FRI. INTO THE WEEKEND... TEMPS WILL STEADILY INCREASE AS SHORT RIDGING DEVELOPS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS. IN RESPONSE... PRECIP CHANCES LOOK TO INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK... NOT LOOKING SEVERE... BUT I AM A FIRM BELIEVER OF TAKING ONE SYSTEM AT A TIME. JTK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 52 79 43 61 / 0 60 50 0 HOBART OK 48 80 38 62 / 0 30 20 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 52 86 44 63 / 0 20 60 0 GAGE OK 45 71 32 66 / 0 0 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 45 72 36 60 / 0 50 30 0 DURANT OK 58 79 47 61 / 30 20 70 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/25/25
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 800 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-251000- 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- 800 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY EAST OF COALGATE AND DURANT. IF STORMS DEVELOP...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CHANDLER... TO OKLAHOMA CITY... TO HOBART... TO FREDERICK OKLAHOMA AND SEYMOUR TEXAS. SURROUNDING THE ENHANCED RISK AREA IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. THE SLIGHT RISK IS SOUTH AND EAST OF A PERRY TO WATONGA... TO ALTUS OKLAHOMA... TO QUANAH AND BENJAMIN TEXAS LINE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE CONCERNS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS NEXT MONDAY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 21 min |
| Mar 25, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 40 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:35 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 66 min |
| Mar 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 22 min |
| Mar 25, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 6 min |
| Mar 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 17 min |
| Mar 25, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 51 min |
| Mar 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 46 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.