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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

March 17, 2016Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 7:39 AM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 16 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2016, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 7:55 AM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 7:50 AM CDTHAIL 0.752 S Durant, OKPEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL ACCUMULATED ON U.S. HWY 69/75 NEAR CHOCTAW CASINO RESORT. ROAD REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS TIME.
Mar 17, 7:50 AM CDTHAIL 0.752 S Durant, OKPEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL ACCUMULATED ON U.S. HWY BUSINESS 69/75 NEAR CHOCTAW CASINO RESORT. ROAD REMAINS CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-03-17Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
1661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted.

348 
WUUS54 KOUN 171239
SVROUN
OKC013-171315-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0013.160317T1239Z-160317T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
739 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BRYAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 739 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MEAD...MOVING
  EAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DURANT...CADDO...BOKCHITO...BENNINGTON...SILO...MEAD...ARMSTRONG...BLUE...
  UTICA...EASTERN LAKE TEXOMA AND CALERA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3392 9594 3387 9656 3395 9659 3396 9658
      3398 9661 3399 9660 3401 9662 3401 9660
      3402 9659 3401 9658 3403 9658 3416 9621
      3415 9596 3412 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 252DEG 56KT 3397 9650 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
624 
WWUS54 KOUN 171255
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
755 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

OKC013-171305-
/O.CAN.KOUN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160317T1315Z/
BRYAN OK-
755 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BRYAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3392 9594 3387 9656 3395 9659 3396 9658
      3398 9661 3399 9660 3401 9662 3401 9660
      3402 9659 3401 9658 3403 9658 3416 9621
      3415 9596 3412 9594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 252DEG 56KT 3405 9621 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 6:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall51 min
Mar 17, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove48 min
Mar 17, 7:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove35 min
Mar 17, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall33 min
Mar 17, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston44 min
Mar 17, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston24 min
Mar 17, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston30 min
Mar 17, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston29 min
Mar 17, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka45 min
Mar 17, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka30 min
Mar 17, 2:41 PM CDTFreeze WatchOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 11 more24 hr

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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.