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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Nov 2, 2016, 7:02 PM CDT for Canadian County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 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
- Nov 2, 2016, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Canadian County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
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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 Nov 2, 6:36 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 6:36 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 636 PM CDT Wed Nov 2 2016 .UPDATE... The November 3, 2016 00 UTC TAF discussion follows... && .DISCUSSION... Generally expect mostly VFR conditions to continue through the TAF period. Scattered showers/storms across southwest Oklahoma/western north Texas will continue to expand and develop northeastward through the evening. Brief MVFR to IFR conditions will be possible with any thunderstorms. Gusty and chaotic winds will also be possible. A cold front/northerly wind shift will progress from northwest to southeast this evening. MVFR ceilings may develop later tonight behind the front; however, confidence is too low to include in TAFs except at KPNC--where confidence is greatest. Expect northerly winds to continue through the TAF period. Mahale && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 339 PM CDT Wed Nov 2 2016/ DISCUSSION... Primary forecast concern is focused on increasing precipitation chances late this afternoon into the overnight hours. Currently, it's fairly uncomfortable for early November, 02/20z surface observations reveal dew points well into the mid to upper 60s along with temperatures in the low 80s ahead of the surface boundary that continues to slowly push eastward off the panhandles. In response, ML CAPE values across the region are near 2000 to 2500 J/Kg. Earlier, around 19z, a few radar returns cropped up in far southern Oklahoma, most likely driven by some pre-frontal isentropic ascent around 305 to 310 K. Will likely see similar isolated activity through the afternoon ahead of the front. Deep layer shear across the region is relatively weak to modest, about 20 to 25 kts, this is in part to weak 700mb flow aloft. However, HRRR soundings from KFDR and KCDS reveal MLCAPE values approaching 3000 J/Kg through 03/00z, along with steepening mid-level lapse rates of 6.5 to 7.5 C/Km. This is more than enough to result in rapid updraft growth along the frontal boundary through this evening. In response, scattered to isolated strong to severe storms are possible, capable of severe hail, up to half dollars, and 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. Of additional concern, into the evening and overnight, will be locally heavy rainfall. 02/12z sounding from KOUN came back with 1.35 inches of precipitable water this morning, which is well above the 90th percentile for climatology. Through 02/20z, a few updrafts have finally gone west of Childress just off the Llano Estacado. The last few runs of the HRRR and the NMM HiRes WRF have done fairly well with the initiation in West Texas this afternoon. Expect this activity to gradually grow upstream along the surface boundary eastward through the late afternoon to early evening hours. Into the evening, some additional isolated storms may go up along the frontal boundary late this evening and overnight as it pushes eastward, into central Oklahoma, from southwestern Oklahoma to the OKC metro and as far north as Ponca City. With respect to rainfall, the heaviest rainfall will develop across southern Oklahoma and western north Texas. Amounts will range from a half inch in south central Oklahoma to just over an inch in far western north Texas. 7 day rainfall amounts are basically zero across this area, with a few locations receiving under a trace to a 10th over that time period. Therefore, widespread flooding issues are not anticipated, but locally heavy rainfall in the right locations, could result in brief flooding of usual suspect areas. For tomorrow into the weekend, expect relatively dry conditions through Friday as brief ridging over the southern half of the plains keeps the approaching western 500mb low parked over the desert southwest. Into the weekend, rain chances return, primarily late on Saturday into Sunday, with lingering chances through Tuesday as a slow evolving 500mb trough lumbers eastward across the central U.S. Temperatures during this period will be cooler, but still a few degrees above normal for the time of year, with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s each day. Kurtz && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 59 71 51 72 / 60 10 0 0 Hobart OK 59 71 52 70 / 50 10 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 63 71 56 70 / 60 30 10 10 Gage OK 50 72 42 73 / 20 10 0 0 Ponca City OK 58 71 46 73 / 40 10 0 0 Durant OK 66 78 59 76 / 60 20 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && 11/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 2, 3:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 350 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031200- 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- 350 PM CDT WED NOV 2 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... STRONG AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM NEAR AND SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS OVER THE REGION. DAMAGING WIND UP TO 65 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE SEEN WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. .HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING... MANY OF THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. AGAIN...THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS AND INCREASE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTHERN TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... .THUNDERSTORMS... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK. MBS/EM/11
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 2, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
553 PM CDT WED NOV 02 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM TSTM WND GST 3 W GOULD 34.67N 99.83W
11/02/2016 M57 MPH HARMON OK MESONET
&&
OUNSpecial weather statement, Nov 2, 5:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
554 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
OKZ033-034-036-TXZ083-022330-
HARMON OK-GREER OK-JACKSON OK-HARDEMAN TX-
554 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARMON...CENTRAL GREER...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...
AT 553 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
4 MILES SOUTH OF VINSON TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLIS TO 4 MILES
SOUTH OF GOULD TO 6 MILES NORTH OF GOODLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANGUM...HOLLIS...ELDORADO...GOULD...DUKE...VINSON...GOODLETT...
MCQUEEN...MADGE AND MCKNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3454 9990 3468 9990 3491 9997 3503 9981
3503 9979 3505 9978 3512 9969 3512 9967
3494 9948 3475 9947 3444 9956 3431 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 229DEG 17KT 3484 9985 3475 9978 3460 9979 3443
9988
KURTZSpecial weather statement, Nov 2, 6:21 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
621 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
OKZ036-TXZ083>085-087-030015-
JACKSON OK-WILBARGER TX-KNOX TX-HARDEMAN TX-FOARD TX-
621 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON...WEST
CENTRAL WILBARGER...NORTHERN KNOX...HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTIES UNTIL
715 PM CDT...
AT 619 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
10 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLETT TO 14 MILES WEST OF CROWELL TO 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHALK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUANAH...CROWELL...CHILLICOTHE...TRUSCOTT...GOODLETT...THALIA...
MARGARET...GILLILAND...MEDICINE MOUND...LAZARE...RAYLAND AND COPPER
BREAKS STATE PARK.
LAT...LON 3423 10005 3424 10001 3423 10000 3431 10000
3446 9948 3404 9943 3375 9951 3368 9999
3383 10000 3384 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 243DEG 17KT 3419 9995 3396 9998 3376 10005
KURTZLocal storm report, Nov 2, 6:29 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Nov 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
632 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
OKZ021-022-034>037-030030-
GREER OK-BECKHAM OK-TILLMAN OK-KIOWA OK-JACKSON OK-WASHITA OK-
632 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREER...SOUTHEASTERN BECKHAM...
NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN...WESTERN KIOWA...JACKSON AND WESTERN WASHITA
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 631 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
3 MILES NORTH OF WILLOW TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANGUM TO NEAR
OLUSTEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTUS...HOBART...MANGUM...GRANITE...BURNS FLAT...SENTINEL...TIPTON...
BLAIR...OLUSTEE...DILL CITY...LONE WOLF...ROOSEVELT...MARTHA...
ROCKY...WILLOW...ELMER...HEADRICK...FRIENDSHIP...HUMPHREYS AND DUKE.
LAT...LON 3547 9911 3547 9907 3507 9899 3450 9905
3442 9960 3476 9958 3509 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 230DEG 28KT 3510 9950 3482 9946 3454 9947
KURTZSpecial weather statement, Nov 2, 7:02 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
702 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
OKZ023-024-030030-
CANADIAN OK-CADDO OK-
702 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CANADIAN AND EAST CENTRAL
CADDO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 659 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COGAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EL RENO...CONCHO AND CEDAR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 9798 3543 9793 3537 9806 3538 9809
3536 9810 3528 9829 3545 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 242DEG 9KT 3541 9817
MAHALEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 28 min |
| Nov 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa, Tillman | 25 min |
| Nov 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 37 min |
| Nov 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 26 min |
| Nov 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 25 min |
| Nov 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 28 min |
| Nov 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Stephens | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens and 2 more | 60 min |
| Nov 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 38 min |
| Nov 2, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Stephens | 4 hr |
| Nov 2, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan | 25 min |
| Nov 2, 10:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | McClain | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 37 min |
| Nov 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma, Payne | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 37 min |
| Nov 2, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Stephens | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Murray | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 3 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:08 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 20 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Knox | 37 min |
| Nov 2, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 38 min |
| Nov 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 26 min |
| Nov 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 59 min |
| Nov 2, 10:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Wichita | 3 hr |
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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.