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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 287, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2015, 12:30 PM CDT for Greer County, Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2015, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Hardeman County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
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 8, 10:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 10:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 12:03 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1203 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091715- 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- 1203 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2015 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... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCATION... THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOODLETT TEXAS... TO LAWTON AND PAULS VALLEY... TO DURANT OKLAHOMA. AN ENHANCED RISK IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. TIMING... THROUGH 10 PM IMPACTS... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH... AND A FEW TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE RISK AREAS SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. A FEW TORNADOES COULD BE POSSIBLE AS WELL... MAINLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO ONE OR MORE BOWING LINES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF THIS OCCURS... DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS WILL BECOME A BIGGER CONCERN THAN THE HAIL. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY SATURDAY. .HEAVY RAIN... WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN IN AREAS WITH PROLONGED RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS SATURDAY...AND A SLIGHT RISK SUNDAY. ON SATURDAY...A POTENT STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...WILL YIELD A VERY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG TORNADO OR TWO. ON SUNDAY...SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A SLOW MOVING FRONT...BRINGING A CONTINUED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BY MONDAY...A COLD FRONT SHOULD RESULT IN DECREASING STORM CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST...BUT A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN RETURN EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...AS A SERIES OF SYSTEMS MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT THIS TIME...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS RELATIVELY LOW FROM TUESDAY ONWARD. .HEAVY RAIN... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING AND MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 2 hr |
| May 7, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Love | 25 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Love | 34 min |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 41 min |
| May 7, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 34 min |
| May 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 2 hr |
| May 7, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 3 hr |
| May 8, 2:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 28 hr |
| May 8, 4:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 8, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 8, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 48 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 54 hr |
| May 8, 2:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 3 days |
| May 8, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 42 min |
| May 8, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 49 min |
| May 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita | 3 hr |
| May 8, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 8, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Washita | 50 min |
| May 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher | 43 min |
| May 8, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita | 3 hr |
| May 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kiowa, McClain and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| May 8, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita | 38 min |
| May 8, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 38 min |
| May 8, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 51 min |
| May 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 40 min |
| May 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 50 min |
| May 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 68 min |
| May 8, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| May 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Kay, Noble, Payne | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 4 hr |
| May 8, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne | 3 hr |
| May 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens | 75 min |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 4 hr |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 52 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 31 min |
| May 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 43 min |
| May 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 50 min |
| May 8, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 52 min |
| May 8, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Knox | 42 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 52 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.