Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 572, NWS Norman, OK

August 29, 2018Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 29, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2018, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Hughes County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 302 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1738 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2018-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
1738 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Aug 29, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 11:40 AM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:11 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey34 min
Aug 28, 7:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNEllis3 hr
Aug 28, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Aug 28, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant10 min
Aug 28, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant22 min
Aug 28, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant36 min
Aug 28, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Aug 28, 8:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNEllis, Roger Mills3 hr
Aug 28, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills24 min
Aug 28, 9:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills5 hr
Aug 28, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis21 min
Aug 28, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills27 min
Aug 28, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer34 min
Aug 28, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Aug 28, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis32 min
Aug 28, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis37 min
Aug 29, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper36 min
Aug 29, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham24 min
Aug 29, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis3 hr
Aug 29, 1:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBeckham3 hr
Aug 29, 3:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills3 hr
Aug 29, 3:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNEllis3 hr
Aug 29, 7:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine25 min
Aug 29, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes34 min
Aug 29, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes35 min
Aug 29, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.