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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for McClain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
- Jun 4, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County McClain County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 12 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 4, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 10:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1033 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-051000- 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- 1033 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN... WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... .THUNDERSTORMS... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AROUND MID WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 249 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 OKZ028-029-042015- MCCLAIN OK-CLEVELAND OK- 249 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN AND CENTRAL CLEVELAND COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 245 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLDSBY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3528 9758 3522 9737 3500 9743 3508 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 17DEG 14KT 3518 9751 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 38 min |
Nearby
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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.