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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Norman, OK

May 15, 2018Baylor County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2018, 8:55 PM CDT for Baylor County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: May 15, 2018, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2018, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Baylor County, TX, Knox County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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: 82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -390 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 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 May 15, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 7:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 8:32 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 15, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 15, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 4:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 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
May 15, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	28 min
May 15, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	14 min
May 15, 10:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Harmon	3 hr
May 15, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	17 min
May 15, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	36 min
May 15, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	41 min
May 15, 10:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Jackson	3 hr
May 15, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	24 min
May 15, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	20 min
May 15, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	30 min
May 15, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	29 min
May 15, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	43 min
May 15, 11:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
May 15, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	36 min
May 15, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	28 min
May 16, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	25 min
May 16, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	31 min
May 16, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	31 min
May 16, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	29 min
May 16, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	19 min
May 16, 2:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Oklahoma	2 hr
May 16, 5:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield	2 hr
May 16, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	26 min
May 16, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	25 min
May 16, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	25 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	26 min
May 15, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Knox	26 min
May 15, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	43 min
May 15, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	43 min
May 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Baylor, Knox	2 hr
May 15, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	28 min
May 15, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	17 min
May 15, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	30 min
May 15, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	32 min
May 16, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	34 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita	27 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.