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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

July 23, 2017Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2017, 3:11 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2017, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

County Lincoln County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 982 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 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 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 23, 2:36 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 2:36 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
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  74  96  74  97 /  40  20  20  10
Hobart OK         74  97  75  99 /  40  30  20  10
Wichita Falls TX  74  97  74  99 /  50  30  20  10
Gage OK           68  96  72  98 /  30  20  20  10
Ponca City OK     72  96  74  98 /  20  10  10  10
Durant OK         75  94  73  97 /  50  30  20  10

&&

.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.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 11:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
311 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

OKZ025-026-232045-
Oklahoma OK-Lincoln OK-
311 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northeastern Oklahoma and
southwestern Lincoln Counties Until 345 PM CDT...

AT 309 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fallis, moving
southeast at 10 MPH.

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

Locations impacted include...
Harrah, Luther, Wellston and Warwick.

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 148 and 161.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3546 9716 3569 9724 3573 9716 3572 9714
      3573 9714 3577 9705 3558 9687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 332DEG 8KT 3574 9715

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln17 min
Jul 23, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln33 min
Jul 23, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove23 min
Jul 23, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain46 min
Jul 23, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady45 min
Jul 23, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie43 min
Jul 23, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa26 min
Jul 23, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole38 min
Jul 23, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita23 min
Jul 23, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo27 min
Jul 23, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie49 min
Jul 23, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita47 min
Jul 23, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche30 min
Jul 23, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole28 min
Jul 23, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole46 min
Jul 23, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa31 min
Jul 23, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie19 min
Jul 23, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham37 min
Jul 23, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady36 min
Jul 23, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham48 min
Jul 23, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa32 min
Jul 23, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa41 min
Jul 23, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain25 min
Jul 23, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, Pontotoc31 min
Jul 23, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa51 min
Jul 23, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc22 min
Jul 23, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBeckham3 hr
Jul 23, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills25 min
Jul 23, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady40 min
Jul 23, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKiowa3 hr
Jul 23, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Carter, Coal, Johnston30 min
Jul 23, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills30 min
Jul 23, 6:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Kiowa3 hr
Jul 23, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston46 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.