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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

July 3, 2017Garfield County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2017, 7:13 AM CDT for Garfield County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 3, 2017, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2017, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Garfield County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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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 Jul 3, 6:32 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:32 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:47 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:13 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	65 min
Jul 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	63 min
Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Jefferson	57 min
Jul 2, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter	37 min
Jul 2, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	50 min
Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	48 min
Jul 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	48 min
Jul 2, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	57 min
Jul 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	36 min
Jul 2, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	63 min
Jul 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	43 min
Jul 2, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	42 min
Jul 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	3 hr
Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love, Marshall	39 min
Jul 2, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	45 min
Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	50 min
Jul 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	44 min
Jul 2, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	57 min
Jul 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	3 hr
Jul 2, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Marshall	57 min
Jul 2, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Bryan, Marshall	3 hr
Jul 2, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	37 min
Jul 2, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	26 min
Jul 2, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	31 min
Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	18 min
Jul 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall, Murray	33 min
Jul 2, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	31 min
Jul 3, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	25 min
Jul 3, 12:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Coal, Murray, Pontotoc	9 hr
Jul 3, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	24 min
Jul 3, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	47 min
Jul 3, 1:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	25 min
Jul 3, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	47 min
Jul 3, 2:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Bryan, Johnston	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Coal	44 min
Jul 3, 2:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	6 hr
Jul 3, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal	61 min
Jul 3, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Pontotoc	48 min
Jul 3, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	34 min
Jul 3, 4:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal	62 min
Jul 3, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan, Johnston	45 min
Jul 3, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	43 min
Jul 3, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	35 min
Jul 3, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	26 hr
Jul 3, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka	5 days
Jul 3, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	27 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	53 min
Jul 3, 4:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Harper	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	67 min
Jul 3, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	47 min
Jul 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	68 min
Jul 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	32 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	44 min
Jul 3, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	49 min
Jul 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	29 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods	67 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	49 min
Jul 3, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	38 min
Jul 3, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	14 min
Jul 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	37 min
Jul 3, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	3 hr
Jul 3, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward	73 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	24 min
Jul 3, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	61 min
Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Custer	40 min
Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major	67 min
Jul 3, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	43 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.