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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2018, 6:26 PM CDT for Jackson County, Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 18, 2018, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2018, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, OK, Hardeman County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 528 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 18, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 12:04 PM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Norman OK 1204 PM CDT Fri May 18 2018 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-191715- 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- 1204 PM CDT Fri May 18 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... .Thunderstorms... There is an Enhanced Risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight across northwest Oklahoma. There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms across a broader area of western and northern Oklahoma. There is a Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms from western sections of north Texas through central and north central Oklahoma. .Location... The Enhanced Risk area is northwest of a line from Alva to Woodward to Gage. The Slight Risk area is southeast of the Enhanced Risk area, and northwest of a line from Medford to Enid to Altus. The Marginal Risk area is southeast of the Slight Risk area and northwest of a line from Stillwater to Purcell to Waurika Oklahoma to Henrietta and Archer City Texas. .Timing... Most likely time for severe storms will be from 6 pm through midnight. .Impacts... Damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph and hail to the size of golf balls will be the main hazards. However an isolated tornado will be possible, especially across the Enhanced Risk and Slight Risk areas. .Discussion... Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop late this afternoon near a dryline across the central Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. These storms are expected to develop into clusters or lines of storms as they move east and northeast toward western Oklahoma and perhaps western north Texas during the early evening hours and will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and hail to the size of golf balls. A strengthening low level jet will aid in creating a more favorable environment for an isolated tornado or two with any thunderstorm that can remain discrete into the evening hours across western Oklahoma and western north Texas. Storms are expected to weaken by the late evening hours into the overnight as they approach central sections of Oklahoma. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... .Thunderstorms... Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across parts western, northern and central Oklahoma and western north Texas late Saturday afternoon and night along and ahead of a dryline and a cold front. Thunderstorm chances will continue Sunday through Thursday across parts of Oklahoma and north Texas. A few storms Sunday through Thursday may be strong to severe. .Heavy Rainfall and Flash Flooding... Locally heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches in a short period of time from slowly moving thunderstorms may cause flash flooding in a few locations across Oklahoma and north Texas late Saturday afternoon through Wednesday. Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:35 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
535 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2018
OKZ033-036-TXZ083-182300-
Harmon OK-Jackson OK-Hardeman TX-
535 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southeastern Harmon...
southwestern Jackson and central Hardeman Counties Until 600 PM
CDT...
AT 533 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles northeast of
Goodlett, moving northeast at 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of nickels...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3473 9963 3473 9958 3456 9937 3425 9979
3438 9995
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 222DEG 35KT 3438 9982
..speg.Special weather statement, May 18, 6:00 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2018
TXZ083-084-182330-
Foard TX-Hardeman TX-
600 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northwestern Foard and
southwestern Hardeman Counties Until 630 PM CDT...
AT 557 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 11 miles southeast
of Swearingen, moving northeast at 30 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of nickels...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3414 10005 3438 9989 3422 9963 3393 9995
3399 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 215DEG 27KT 3404 9999
..speg.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 26 min |
| May 17, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Washita | 39 min |
| May 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 32 min |
| May 18, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 19 min |
| May 18, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 25 min |
| May 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 33 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 50 min |
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 46 min |
| May 17, 7:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Knox | 2 hr |
| May 17, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Knox | 2 hr |
| May 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hardeman | 33 min |
| May 17, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 28 min |
| May 17, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 41 min |
| May 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 27 min |
| May 17, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 32 min |
| May 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hardeman | 30 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.