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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 445, NWS Norman, OK

July 6, 2018Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2018, 4:07 PM CDT for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2018, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dewey County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2018-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1253 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 2018-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 Jul 6, 3:21 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:21 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
1146 AM CDT Fri Jul 6 2018

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071700-
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-
1146 AM CDT Fri Jul 6 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible. The greatest
coverage of storms are expected across western and southern
Oklahoma and adjacent parts of north Texas through the early
evening. The stronger storms will produce very heavy rainfall and
strong gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorms are possible across portions of the area Saturday,
and also Monday through Wednesday. Severe storms are unlikely.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.

Mahale

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:22 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:24 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 12:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa37 min
Jul 6, 1:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson34 min
Jul 6, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills35 min
Jul 6, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper35 min
Jul 6, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman32 min
Jul 6, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman24 min
Jul 6, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper30 min
Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham25 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman31 min
Jul 6, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper29 min
Jul 6, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills26 min
Jul 6, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham26 min
Jul 6, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills35 min
Jul 6, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson23 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham37 min
Jul 6, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey36 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon27 min
Jul 6, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Jul 6, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBeckham, Custer, Washita2 hr
Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay31 min
Jul 6, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka23 min
Jul 6, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills36 min
Jul 6, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble23 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka31 min
Jul 6, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln26 min
Jul 6, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton33 min
Jul 6, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln29 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer30 min
Jul 6, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan31 min
Jul 6, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton37 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHardeman25 min
Jul 6, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCooke28 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.