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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 664, NWS Norman, OK

July 15, 2016Harper County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 7:25 PM CDT for Harper County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2016, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Harper County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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
Jul 15, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1237 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.9

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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 Jul 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
644 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

.DISCUSSION...
Please see the 00Z aviation discussion below.

&&

.AVIATION...
Thunderstorms are expected to impact most of the terminals again
tonight. They will initially impact GAG/WWR within the next 2-3
hours, and then the rest of the terminals late tonight through
early tomorrow morning. There is a chance they will not make it
into OKC/OUN, but feel barely confident enough at this point to
keep TS in. Winds will remain southeasterly until the complex of
storms passes overhead shift them to the north northwest.
Otherwise, expect increasing mid to high clouds across the region.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK  90  72  94  74 /  20  40  10   0
Hobart OK         94  72  99  75 /  20  60  10   0
Wichita Falls TX  97  75 100  76 /  20  30  10   0
Gage OK           90  68  96  74 /  30  70  10   0
Ponca City OK     88  71  91  76 /  30  40  20   0
Durant OK         94  75  97  75 /  30  20  10   0

&&

.OUN Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
OK...None.
TX...None.
&&

26/03/03
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:29 AM CDT, 7 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

TXZ088-152200-
BAYLOR TX-
426 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM CDT...

AT 424 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
MILLERS CREEK RESERVOIR. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

LAT...LON 3340 9940 3351 9945 3353 9923 3340 9917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 68DEG 1KT 3343 9928

..SPEG.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward43 min
Jul 15, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward50 min
Jul 15, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills41 min
Jul 15, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward36 min
Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon43 min
Jul 15, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Major and 3 more47 min
Jul 15, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa65 min
Jul 15, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson41 min
Jul 15, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Washita47 min
Jul 15, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa34 min
Jul 15, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman47 min
Jul 15, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Kiowa and 1 more50 min
Jul 15, 11:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCuster, Dewey, Washita3 hr
Jul 15, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson, Tillman46 min
Jul 16, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Washita30 min
Jul 16, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa and 3 more47 min
Jul 16, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens33 min
Jul 16, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson, Stephens32 min
Jul 15, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKnox29 min
Jul 16, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNArcher, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more32 min
Jul 16, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNArcher, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger46 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.