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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK

March 22, 2019Beckham County, Greer County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2019, 11:20 PM CDT for Beckham County, Greer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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: Mar 22, 2019, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 5.1

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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 Mar 22, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 6:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 5:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 10:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 10:39 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:52 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 10:53 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:08 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:11 PM CDT, 9 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
Mar 22, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	30 min
Mar 22, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	23 min
Mar 22, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	36 min
Mar 22, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	25 min
Mar 22, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	37 min
Mar 22, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	37 min
Mar 22, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	34 min
Mar 22, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	36 min
Mar 22, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Washita	46 min
Mar 23, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	34 min
Mar 23, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Caddo	31 min
Mar 23, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher, Kiowa	32 min
Mar 23, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Logan	32 min
Mar 23, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Grady, Oklahoma, Payne	30 min
Mar 23, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	32 min
Mar 23, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	34 min
Mar 23, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	45 min
Mar 23, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	29 min
Mar 23, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	30 min
Mar 23, 11:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	36 min
Mar 23, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	35 min
Mar 23, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	33 min
Mar 23, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	30 min
Mar 23, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	44 min
Mar 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	40 min
Mar 23, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	48 min
Mar 23, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	29 min
Mar 23, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	28 min
Mar 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	28 min
Mar 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	43 min
Mar 23, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	33 min
Mar 23, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	32 min
Mar 23, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	48 min
Mar 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	29 min
Mar 23, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	26 min
Mar 23, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	33 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.