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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at May 26, 2016, 10:42 PM CDT for Caddo County, Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 78 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2016, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Grady County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Blanchard, OK | |
| May 26, 11:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Sw El Reno, OK | AT EL RENO REGIONAL AIRPORT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 655 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted.
771 WWUS74 KOUN 270342 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1042 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 OKZ023-024-027-270500- /O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0002.160527T0342Z-160527T0500Z/ CADDO-CANADIAN-GRADY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...HINTON...YUKON...CONCHO... EL RENO...MUSTANG...CHICKASHA...TUTTLE 1042 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND...MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. && $$ MBS
1 follow-up statement
926 WWUS74 KOUN 270448 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1148 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 OKZ023-024-027-270600- /O.EXP.KOUN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160527T0500Z/ CADDO-CANADIAN-GRADY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...HINTON...YUKON...CONCHO... EL RENO...MUSTANG...CHICKASHA...TUTTLE 1148 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... DAMAGING WINDS HAVE ENDED ACROSS CADDO...CANADIAN...AND GRADY COUNTIES AND NO LONGER ARE EXPECTED. $$ MBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills | 43 min |
| May 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 42 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 45 min |
| May 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 36 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 40 min |
| May 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 37 min |
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 45 min |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward | 45 min |
| May 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 48 min |
| May 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 35 min |
| May 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 4 hr |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 26 min |
| May 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche | 2 hr |
| May 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 27 min |
| May 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 33 min |
| May 26, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 28 min |
| May 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Major | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 41 min |
| May 27, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 35 min |
| May 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Love | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Love | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray | 58 min |
| May 27, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 28 min |
| May 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Grant | 117 min |
| May 27, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 30 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Stephens | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 49 min |
| May 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 38 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Murray | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Grant, Kay | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.