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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Norman, OK

April 29, 20164 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 29, 2016, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cleveland County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 11 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 123 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-903 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.0

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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 Apr 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS FORECAST CYCLE...7 PM CDT. HOWEVER...WITHIN A FEW HOURS...THE
EVENT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH QUICKLY. ONLY THE FAR SOUTHEAST
PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF RAIN BY
EARLY SATURDAY.

AFTER A DRY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...RAIN CHANCES WILL
REENTER OUR FORECAST AREA IN THE WEST ON SUNDAY. THIS EPISODE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS UNLIKELY TO INVOLVE SEVERE
STORMS...AS THE SURFACE FRONT AND LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE WELL
SOUTH OF US.

A CHANCE OF RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...THEN DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGE
THIS WEEKEND...THEN WARM BACK ABOVE AVERAGE BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  51  71  47  68 /  50   0   0   0
HOBART OK         45  70  45  68 /  20   0   0  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  52  74  50  72 /  20   0   0   0
GAGE OK           40  66  40  61 /  20   0  10  30
PONCA CITY OK     49  70  45  68 /  80  10   0   0
DURANT OK         62  77  54  75 /  70  10   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 12:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1202 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-301715-
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-
1202 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

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 AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE ENHANCED RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM WICHITA FALLS TEXAS...TO ALTUS...TO LAWTON...TO PAULS VALLEY TO
ADA. THIS ENHANCED RISK AREA IS SURROUNDED BY SLIGHT AND MARGINAL
RISKS.

TIMING...
MAINLY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD...
WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 75 MPH AND TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE

DISCUSSION...
BEFORE 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED IN NATURE...WHICH WILL
BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL AS SOME HAIL UP TO THE SIZE
OF HALF-DOLLARS.

AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...NEW STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
OVER SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AHEAD OF A
DRYLINE AND NEAR A WARM FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS
SUPERCELL STORMS WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN IMPACT. STORMS
THAT ARE ORIENTED CLOSE TO THE WARM FRONT WILL ALSO HAVE A HIGHER
CHANCE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO LINES OR CLUSTERS AS THEY MOVE EAST LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND AFFECT LOCATIONS MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TO END BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.HEAVY RAINFALL...
ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING SOME HEAVY RAINFALL
TO PARTS OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY. SEVERE POTENTIAL SUNDAY AND MONDAY REMAINS LOW.

GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW
OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.

MBS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
345 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     HAIL             3 W MEDICINE PARK       34.73N 98.56W
04/29/2016  E1.00 INCH       COMANCHE           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

DW
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
354 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0344 PM     HAIL             FORT SILL               34.66N 98.41W
04/29/2016  M1.75 INCH       COMANCHE           OK   AWOS

0350 PM     HAIL             CYRIL                   34.90N 98.20W
04/29/2016  E1.75 INCH       CADDO              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

DW
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
358 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             LAWTON                  34.60N 98.42W
04/29/2016  E1.50 INCH       COMANCHE           OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LAWTON AIRPORT REPORT VIA KSWO

&&

DW
Local storm report, Apr 29, 4:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
504 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKZ028>030-040-292245-
POTTAWATOMIE OK-MCCLAIN OK-CLEVELAND OK-GARVIN OK-
504 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE...
SOUTHERN MCCLAIN...SOUTHEASTERN CLEVELAND AND NORTH CENTRAL GARVIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 503 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
MAYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PURCELL...LEXINGTON...DIBBLE...WAYNE...WANETTE...BYARS...ROSEDALE...CRINER...
TROUSDALE AND PAYNE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3486 9765 3502 9764 3505 9699 3484 9701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 257DEG 29KT 3491 9743

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson49 min
Apr 28, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Apr 29, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray32 min
Apr 29, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin33 min
Apr 29, 1:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie33 min
Apr 29, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens29 min
Apr 29, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc32 min
Apr 29, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, Stephens41 min
Apr 29, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall36 min
Apr 29, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole39 min
Apr 29, 2:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove36 min
Apr 29, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston, Marshall27 min
Apr 29, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall37 min
Apr 29, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes, Seminole34 min
Apr 29, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes40 min
Apr 29, 3:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCoal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc, Seminole4 hr
Apr 29, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka36 min
Apr 29, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal21 min
Apr 29, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper42 min
Apr 29, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal27 min
Apr 29, 4:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka23 min
Apr 29, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham29 min
Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster44 min
Apr 29, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine44 min
Apr 29, 9:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper55 min
Apr 29, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor43 min
Apr 29, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey41 min
Apr 29, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor41 min
Apr 29, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant43 min
Apr 29, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey, Major, Woods41 min
Apr 29, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita52 min
Apr 29, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor45 min
Apr 29, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant45 min
Apr 29, 12:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield53 min
Apr 29, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield27 min
Apr 29, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble39 min
Apr 29, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay50 min
Apr 29, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield49 min
Apr 29, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson46 min
Apr 29, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman56 min
Apr 29, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay33 min
Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa44 min
Apr 29, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay15 min
Apr 29, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman55 min
Apr 29, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Payne46 min
Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman44 min
Apr 29, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay36 min
Apr 29, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche56 min
Apr 29, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay, Noble37 min
Apr 29, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche63 min
Apr 29, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady40 min
Apr 29, 3:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman3 hr
Apr 29, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady49 min
Apr 29, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens40 min
Apr 29, 4:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens51 min
Apr 29, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan48 min
Apr 29, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain46 min
Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Cleveland, Grady, McClain3 hr
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens47 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain41 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, McClain3 hr
Apr 29, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan3 hr
Apr 29, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, Pontotoc66 min
Apr 29, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc45 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Murray57 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole56 min
Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston50 min
Apr 29, 6:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie, Stephens2 hr
Apr 29, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Bryan55 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole45 min
Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter49 min
Apr 29, 6:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole41 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.