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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 721, NWS Norman, OK

August 23, 2016Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2016, 6:10 PM CDT for Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
Aug 23, 2016, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 23, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 13 Nnw Reydon, OK

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

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1421 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

549 
WUUS54 KOUN 232310
SVROUN
OKC129-232345-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0721.160823T2310Z-160823T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
610 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR REYDON TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF ALLISON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  REYDON...SWEETWATER...ROLL...CRAWFORD AND DEMPSEY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3580 10000 3590 9979 3589 9978 3588 9975
      3586 9972 3585 9967 3568 9966 3544 9981
      3542 9988 3542 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 228DEG 17KT 3567 9996 3546 10009 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRB
1 follow-up statement
456 
WWUS54 KOUN 232323
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
623 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

OKC129-232345-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0721.000000T0000Z-160823T2345Z/
ROGER MILLS OK-
623 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEYENNE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ALLISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REYDON...ROLL...CRAWFORD AND DEMPSEY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3549 9978 3545 10000 3580 10000 3590 9979
      3589 9978 3588 9975 3586 9972 3585 9967
      3568 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 241DEG 24KT 3568 9978 3552 10001 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills23 min
Aug 23, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills39 min
Aug 23, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills40 min
Aug 23, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita46 min
Aug 23, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills33 min
Aug 23, 6:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNRoger Mills2 hr
Aug 23, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster47 min
Aug 23, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.