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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 714, NWS Norman, OK

July 23, 2017Archer County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2017, 7:38 PM CDT for Archer County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2017, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Archer County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2042 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2042 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
621 PM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017

...Aviation Discussion...

&&

.AVIATION...

For the 00z TAFs:

VFR conditions and light east-southeast winds are likely to
prevail through the TAF period. Thunderstorms at or in the
vicinity of CSM, LAW, and HBR may result in strong wind gusts and
brief reductions in visibility from heavy rain. Thunderstorms
should diminish by late evening.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 236 PM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017/

DISCUSSION...
Given latest observation trends, we will leave the Heat
Advisory/Excessive Heat Warning going through early evening.

Well detailed meso-discussion issued with previous updated AFD
still holding to our thinking. For the OKC metro - storm chances
will be tied to the area of elevated showers moving southeast
from Enid. Added convergence associated with this activity, which
is tied to a weakening MCV from overnight convection, may allow
scattered showers and storms to develop near/over the OKC metro
and progress south and east into the early evening hours. Brief
heavy rain and strong wind gusts will be the main concerns along
with cloud to ground lightning. Two other areas of concentrated
convection we will look for will be over western north Texas into
southwest Oklahoma associated with deformation east of two MCVs
over the southern panhandle and southwest TX high plains. The
other area is south central and southeast Oklahoma where better
moisture profiles and terrain could yield more in the way of
widespread convective development late this afternoon through this
evening. DCAPE values and weak shear will be supportive of
localized damaging wind gusts with the deeper/more persistent
cores.

Heights quickly build Monday and Tuesday which will allow
temperatures to rise back well above average. Moisture will not be
going anywhere as well, so heat indices will once again yield
likelihood for heat advisory/excessive heat warnings across the
area by mid-week. Models still indicating another respectable
trough to progress around upper ridge and push another weak front
into the region Thursday-Friday. Along with taking the edge off
the heat, the front will also yield scattered thunderstorms.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK  97  74  96  74 /  40  20  20  20
Hobart OK         99  74  97  75 /  50  40  30  20
Wichita Falls TX 101  74  97  74 /  40  40  30  20
Gage OK           92  68  96  72 /  40  30  20  20
Ponca City OK     93  72  96  74 /  20  10  10  10
Durant OK         98  75  94  73 /  30  40  30  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for OKZ019-020-025-026-
     028-029-040-041-046-047-050>052.

     Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for
     OKZ030>032-042-043-048.

TX...None.
&&

12/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 7:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Norman OK
738 PM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-250045-
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-
738 PM CDT Sun Jul 23 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern...
western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western
north Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms with damaging winds up to
70 mph and locally heavy rainfall will continue tonight, mainly
before 10 pm across western and southern Oklahoma as well as all
of western north Texas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday...

.Heat...
After a brief dip to more seasonable temperatures, Monday and
Tuesday, temperatures from 95 to 105 degrees will return Wednesday
through the end of next week.

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorm chances will continue Monday and Monday evening
across all of western north Texas as well as the southwestern half
of Oklahoma. Gusty winds and locally heavy downpours will be
possible with any storms on Monday.

Thunderstorm chances may return late Wednesday through Saturday
across parts of Oklahoma and western north Texas.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
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MBS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 6:57 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 23, 7:00 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N COALGATE            34.58N 96.22W
07/23/2017                   COAL               OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FIVE POWER LINES DOWNED FROM STRONG WINDS NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF AVAZINI AND POLK ROADS

&&

MBS
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:03 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
703 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

OKZ039-040-046-240030-
Stephens OK-Carter OK-Garvin OK-
703 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR east central Stephens...
northwestern Carter and southwestern Garvin Counties Until 730 PM
CDT...

AT 701 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles southwest of
Foster. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

Locations impacted include...
Katie, Foster, Tatums, Ratliff City and Pernell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 9769 3468 9756 3456 9730 3440 9751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 309DEG 2KT 3457 9754

11
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:05 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
705 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

OKZ022-023-035-240030-
Kiowa OK-Washita OK-Caddo OK-
705 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northeastern Kiowa...southeastern
Washita and southwestern Caddo Counties Until 730 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from
near Alfalfa to 5 miles west of Boone, moving east at 5 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

Locations impacted include...
Carnegie, Apache, Fort Cobb, Eakly, Fort Cobb Reservoir, Alfalfa,
Albert, Boone and northern Lake Ellsworth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3533 9841 3486 9833 3485 9864 3530 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 278DEG 3KT 3522 9859 3493 9855

11
Local storm report, Jul 23, 7:17 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
717 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SW LEHIGH             34.43N 96.27W
07/23/2017  E70 MPH          COAL               OK   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

DW
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:33 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
733 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

OKZ047-051-052-240100-
Johnston OK-Marshall OK-Bryan OK-
733 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southeastern Johnston...eastern
Marshall and Bryan Counties Until 800 PM CDT...

AT 731 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from
9 miles north of Bennington to near Little City, moving south at 25
MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...

Locations impacted include...
Durant, Kingston, Colbert, Caddo, Bokchito, Achille, Bennington,
Silo, Kenefic, Kemp, Mead, Armstrong, Hendrix, Cartwright, Blue,
Woodville, Utica, Little City, Nida and northeastern Lake Texoma.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3383 9584 3389 9593 3384 9614 3376 9618
      3377 9629 3369 9636 3378 9643 3377 9650
      3382 9653 3385 9663 3390 9659 3392 9667
      3384 9670 3383 9676 3383 9677 3384 9677
      3416 9673 3415 9596 3394 9594 3386 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 344DEG 22KT 3413 9601 3409 9658

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin27 min
Jul 23, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo25 min
Jul 23, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman49 min
Jul 23, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche25 min
Jul 23, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan27 min
Jul 23, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche26 min
Jul 23, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman33 min
Jul 23, 7:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo3 hr
Jul 23, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita25 min
Jul 23, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan27 min
Jul 23, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman36 min
Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston27 min
Jul 23, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman23 min
Jul 23, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman51 min
Jul 23, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin26 min
Jul 23, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens28 min
Jul 23, 10:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCotton3 hr
Jul 24, 3:31 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 22 more28 hr
Jul 23, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita, Wilbarger25 min
Jul 23, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay33 min
Jul 23, 10:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNArcher3 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.