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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2016, 2:25 PM CDT for Kay 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2016, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Kay County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 2179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Oct 6, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 11:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1146 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071700- 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- 1146 AM CDT THU OCT 6 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 A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS A PORTION OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCATION... THE SLIGHT RISK COVERS LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALVA... TO CHEYENNE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CROWELL AND WICHITA FALLS TEXAS... TO PAULS VALLEY AND SEMINOLE OKLAHOMA. THIS INCLUDES PLACES LIKE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO... LAWTON... CLINTON... AND ENID. TIMING... THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM TO 2 AM. IMPACTS... THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A LOW RISK OF A TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM 4 PM TO 9 PM. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. DISCUSSION... ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INITIALLY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THEN BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND SHIFTING SOUTHEAST AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. THERE COULD ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF A LOW RISK FOR A TORNADO OR TWO WHEN STORMS COULD INITIALLY BE INDIVIDUAL SUPERCELLS BEFORE EVOLVING INTO LINE SEGMENTS. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS WILL BE IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY FRIDAY BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE RISK AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. .HEAVY RAIN... IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE STORMS... HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN... ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WHICH RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 6, 10:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1017 AM CDT THU OCT 06 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 N LAMONT 36.72N 97.56W
10/06/2016 GRANT OK DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE HWY 74 CLOSED 1.5 MILES NORTH OF LAMONT
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 E BILLINGS 36.53N 97.35W
10/06/2016 NOBLE OK DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
STATE HWY 15 CLOSED 1 MILE WEST OF I-35.
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 E LAMONT 36.69N 97.54W
10/06/2016 GRANT OK DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
US HWY 60 CLOSED EAST OF LAMONT TO KAY COUNTY LINE.
0200 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 N RED ROCK 36.47N 97.18W
10/06/2016 NOBLE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
3 TELEPHONE PLOES BLOWN DOWN.
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DWSpecial weather statement, Oct 6, 2:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
225 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
OKZ008-062015-
KAY OK-
225 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN KAY COUNTY UNTIL 315
PM CDT...
AT 221 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HARDY AND 3 MILES NORTH OF KAW LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3684 9675 3674 9692 3697 9690 3700 9687
3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 217DEG 36KT 3693 9676 3682 9686
..SPEG.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 28 min |
| Oct 5, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher | 24 min |
| Oct 5, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher | 29 min |
| Oct 5, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble | 40 min |
| Oct 5, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble | 47 min |
| Oct 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 31 min |
| Oct 5, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 40 min |
| Oct 5, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 37 min |
| Oct 5, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 44 min |
| Oct 6, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 27 min |
| Oct 6, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 43 min |
| Oct 6, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 2:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kay | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 39 min |
| Oct 6, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan, Payne | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Noble, Payne | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 8:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay, Noble | 41 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:05 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Payne | 14 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 33 min |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 28 min |
| Oct 6, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 30 min |
| Oct 6, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 9 min |
| Oct 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 20 min |
| Oct 6, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 13 min |
| Oct 6, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Washita | 51 min |
| Oct 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 54 min |
| Oct 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Major, Woodward | 51 min |
| Oct 6, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 39 min |
| Oct 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 46 min |
| Oct 6, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 53 min |
| Oct 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Woods, Woodward | 66 min |
| Oct 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 47 min |
| Oct 6, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 60 min |
| Oct 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita | 40 min |
| Oct 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey | 19 min |
| Oct 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 39 min |
| Oct 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 48 min |
| Oct 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Knox | 35 min |
| Oct 5, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 49 min |
| Oct 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 51 min |
| Oct 6, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 46 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.