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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2018, 3:16 PM CDT for Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2018, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Payne County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Norman OK 1157 AM CDT Mon Jul 30 2018 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-311700- 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- 1157 AM CDT Mon Jul 30 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight... .Thunderstorms... There is a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms across portions of north central and central Oklahoma. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible through early this evening. The stronger storms may produce gusty winds and hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... .Thunderstorms... There is a slight chance of thunderstorms over western Oklahoma and adjacent parts of Texas Wednesday night and Thursday night. 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 30, 2:18 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 20 min |
| Jul 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Major | 22 min |
| Jul 30, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woods | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 22 min |
| Jul 30, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 1 more | 79 min |
| Jul 30, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 3:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Oklahoma | 116 min |
| Jul 30, 3:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 21 min |
| Jul 30, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Grady | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Garvin, McClain, Stephens | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc, Seminole | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 5:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston, Love, Marshall | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 16 min |
| Jul 30, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 47 min |
| Jul 30, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 53 min |
| Jul 30, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay, Wichita | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 5:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 25 min |
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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.