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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at Jul 11, 2016, 10:31 AM CDT for Alfalfa County, Grant County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 89 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
- Jul 11, 2016, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Grant County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
111 WWUS74 KOUN 111531 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1031 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 OKZ006-007-111700- /O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0003.160711T1531Z-160711T1700Z/ ALFALFA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...HELENA...CARMEN...MEDFORD... POND CREEK...LAMONT...WAKITA 1031 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH NOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH. * IMPACTS...MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. 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. && $$ MBS
2 follow-up statements
312 WWUS74 KOUN 111532 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1032 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 OKZ006-007-111700- /O.CON.KOUN.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160711T1700Z/ ALFALFA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...HELENA...CARMEN...MEDFORD... POND CREEK...LAMONT...WAKITA 1032 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH NOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR WAKITA AND MANCHESTER. * IMPACTS...MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND...MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. && $$ MBS
951 WWUS74 KOUN 111703 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1203 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 OKZ006-007-111900- /O.EXP.KOUN.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160711T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0009.160711T1703Z-160711T1900Z/ ALFALFA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...HELENA...CARMEN...MEDFORD... POND CREEK...LAMONT...WAKITA 1203 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 2 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS AND OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS MAY HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$ OKZ005-008-011-012-111900- /O.NEW.KOUN.WI.Y.0009.160711T1703Z-160711T1900Z/ WOODS-KAY-MAJOR-GARFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVA...PONCA CITY...BLACKWELL... FAIRVIEW...ENID 1203 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 2 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS AND OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADWAYS MAY HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$ MBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 21 min |
| Jul 11, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Major | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Washita | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 12:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Woods | 117 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.