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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 710, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2016, 2:18 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2016, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Atoka County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
521
WUUS54 KOUN 091918
SVROUN
OKC005-091945-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0710.160809T1918Z-160809T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
218 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 218 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LANE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATOKA...TUSHKA...LANE...BENTLEY AND MCGEE CREEK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR MCGEE CREEK LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3416 9594 3416 9618 3442 9618 3442 9578
3437 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 200DEG 12KT 3422 9606
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
112 follow-up statements
367
WWUS54 KOUN 091934
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
234 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016
OKC005-091945-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0710.000000T0000Z-160809T1945Z/
ATOKA OK-
234 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY...
AT 234 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LANE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATOKA...TUSHKA...LANE...BENTLEY AND MCGEE CREEK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
IF ON OR NEAR MCGEE CREEK LAKE...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3418 9595 3421 9614 3442 9618 3442 9578
3437 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 201DEG 8KT 3425 9604
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
11806
WWUS54 KOUN 091939
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
239 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016
OKC005-091949-
/O.EXP.KOUN.SV.W.0710.000000T0000Z-160809T1945Z/
ATOKA OK-
239 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3418 9595 3421 9614 3442 9618 3442 9578
3437 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 200DEG 12KT 3425 9604
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:35 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:35 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 22 more | 64 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 27 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.