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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 760, NWS Norman, OK

August 9, 2017Dewey County, Ellis County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2017, 3:49 PM CDT for Dewey County, Ellis County, Roger Mills 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2017, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2017, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 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 Aug 9, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:40 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
340 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017

OKZ009-010-014-015-092115-
Woodward OK-Roger Mills OK-Dewey OK-Ellis OK-
340 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southwestern Woodward...
northeastern Roger Mills...northwestern Dewey and southeastern Ellis
Counties Until 415 PM CDT...

AT 336 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Harmon, moving
east at 25 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 40 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

Locations impacted include...
Vici, Camargo and Harmon.

LAT...LON 3604 9970 3620 9965 3618 9923 3592 9931
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 282DEG 20KT 3611 9957

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis35 min
Aug 9, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Roger Mills
Aug 9, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills51 min
Aug 9, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper23 min
Aug 9, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper30 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.