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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 874, NWS Norman, OK

October 14, 2017Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2017, 10:47 PM CDT for Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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
Oct 14, 2017, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Canadian County, OK, Grady County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 946 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2017-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
12.1

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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 Oct 14, 6:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 6:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
621 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017

.DISCUSSION...
Please see the 00Z aviation discussion below.

&&

.AVIATION...
Some minor adjustments were made for the timing of TSRA tonight.
It appears 1-2 hours later than previously thought. Still expect
gusty north winds behind the front in addition to thunderstorms.
Some locations could exceed 40 kt gusts. The showers and storms
will quickly move SE overnight and skies will begin to clear near
sunrise. However, gusty north winds around 20 to 30 kt will
persist for a few hours during Sun morning.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK  50  63  42  69 /  90   0   0   0
Hobart OK         49  64  40  69 /  80   0   0   0
Wichita Falls TX  54  66  43  69 /  80  10   0   0
Gage OK           42  63  36  71 /  20   0   0   0
Ponca City OK     47  63  38  69 /  90   0   0   0
Durant OK         56  68  47  72 /  90  20   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Wind Advisory until 7 AM CDT Sunday for OKZ004>007-009>012-
     014>019-021>025-027>029-033>041-044>046-050.

TX...Wind Advisory until 7 AM CDT Sunday for TXZ083>090.

&&

99/03/03
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Norman OK
839 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-151230-
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-
839 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...
There is a slight risk of severe storms in far north central
Oklahoma. A marginal risk includes much of the rest of the area.

Location...
The slight risk just covers an area along and north of a line from
Tonkawa to medford to Renfrow, Oklahoma. The marginal risk is east
of a line from Cherokee to Camargo to Sweetwater up to a line
running from Chockie to Wapanucka to Burneyville.

Timing...
Through 2 AM.

Impacts...
Damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and damaging hail, to the size
of half dollars, are the main concerns. Locally heavy rain is
also possible.

Discussion...
The cold front is currently pushing east southeast into northern
Oklahoma, with elevated scattered thunderstorms continuing to
develop behind it. Some of these storms will become strong to
severe. Damaging wind gusts and damaging hail are the primary
concerns overnight. The chance for severe storms will decrease
overnight into the early Sunday morning hours.

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT...

Storm spotter groups and emergency management personnel across the
risk areas should be prepared for severe weather operations into
the overnight hours.

.Strong Winds...
Strong northerly winds are expected behind the cold front as it
moves across the area. Wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible
in some areas this evening and overnight. A wind advisory is in
effect through early Sunday for areas along and west of I-35.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

.Thunderstorms...
There is a slight chance that showers and thunderstorms will
linger across southeast Oklahoma early Sunday morning before
moving out of the area. After these storms exit, no thunderstorms
are expected through Friday.

.Frost...
Patchy frost will be possible across parts of northern Oklahoma
on Monday morning.

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

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 10:31 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
1031 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017

OKZ016>019-022>025-027-150415-
Grady OK-Kingfisher OK-Oklahoma OK-Logan OK-Washita OK-Canadian OK-
Caddo OK-Custer OK-Blaine OK-
1031 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northwestern Grady...
Kingfisher...northwestern Oklahoma...western Logan...eastern
Washita...Canadian...northern Caddo...southeastern Custer and
southern Blaine Counties Until 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1026 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from
5 miles west of Hennessey to 8 miles west of Okarche to near Hinton
to 5 miles north of Mountain View, moving east at 50 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of dimes...
Wind gusts over 50 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning...

Locations impacted include...
El Reno, Weatherford, Guthrie, Kingfisher, Yukon, Piedmont, Hinton,
Hennessey, Union City, Minco, Crescent, Geary, Okarche, Hydro,
Cashion, Binger, Calumet, Dover, Eakly and Gracemont.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3616 9742 3584 9747 3555 9774 3511 9809
      3512 9881 3555 9866 3583 9821 3616 9821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 258DEG 43KT 3609 9799 3574 9813 3545 9840 3518
9873

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay49 min
Oct 14, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham38 min
Oct 14, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey41 min
Oct 14, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita46 min
Oct 14, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita38 min
Oct 14, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Canadian, Kingfisher44 min
Oct 14, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Oklahoma26 min
Oct 14, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa40 min
Oct 14, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma38 min
Oct 14, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain27 min
Oct 14, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne38 min
Oct 14, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche, Tillman32 min
Oct 14, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie46 min
Oct 14, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne32 min
Oct 15, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole44 min
Oct 15, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.