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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 466, NWS Norman, OK

May 26, 2019Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2019, 4:02 AM CDT for Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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 26, 2019, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2019, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 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 May 26, 12:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 9:54 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Norman OK
954 PM CDT Sat May 25 2019

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-270300-
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-
954 PM CDT Sat May 25 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Overnight...

.Heavy rain and flooding...
There is a high probability of flooding across portions of
southwestern and central Oklahoma where thunderstorms are
producing very heavy rainfall Saturday evening. This combined with
heavy rainfall over the past few days will produce dangerous
flooding situations.

.Thunderstorms...
There is a risk of severe thunderstorms into early Sunday morning,
mainly southeast of a line from Ponca City to Kingfisher to
Cordell to Hollis, and northeast of a line from Shawnee to Duncan
to Wichita Falls to Knox City. Winds of 70 mph and hail to the
size of golf balls will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

.Thunderstorms...
There is a risk for severe thunderstorms Sunday through Wednesday.
The greatest risk will be on Tuesday, mainly across northern and
central Oklahoma.

.Heavy Rainfall and Flooding...
Flooding will continue into next week and additional heavy rain
from thunderstorms will exacerbate the flooding, especially across
northern portions of Oklahoma.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 1:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 1:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 3:24 AM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 3:25 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 3:43 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 3:54 AM CDT, 8 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
May 25, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	40 min
May 25, 7:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Dewey, Garfield, Grant, Major, Woods and 1 more	3 hr
May 25, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	34 min
May 25, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major	47 min
May 25, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major	28 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant	50 min
May 25, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Washita	33 min
May 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Garfield, Kingfisher and 1 more	6 hr
May 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	45 min
May 25, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	37 min
May 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher	46 min
May 25, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	27 min
May 25, 8:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	6 hr
May 25, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	45 min
May 25, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	41 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble	51 min
May 25, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
May 25, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa	42 hr
May 25, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	6 hr
May 25, 8:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	49 hr
May 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	45 min
May 25, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Washita	6 hr
May 25, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita	62 min
May 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	50 min
May 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Payne	50 min
May 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills, Washita	9 hr
May 25, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita	64 min
May 25, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Custer, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	6 hr
May 25, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady	60 min
May 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Logan, McClain and 1 more	6 hr
May 25, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	68 min
May 25, 10:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	OUN	Kingfisher	6 hr
May 25, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	21 min
May 25, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	19 min
May 25, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain	20 min
May 25, 10:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	26 min
May 25, 11:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	OUN	Logan, Payne	6 hr
May 25, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne	38 min
May 25, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	47 min
May 25, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	54 min
May 25, 11:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie	6 hr
May 25, 11:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	6 hr
May 25, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	50 min
May 25, 11:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	20 min
May 25, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	46 min
May 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Grady	35 min
May 26, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	30 min
May 26, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	34 min
May 26, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	31 min
May 26, 1:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Garfield, Kingfisher and 3 more	36 hr
May 26, 1:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	24 hr
May 26, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Custer, Greer, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 1 more	24 hr
May 26, 3:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	34 hr
May 26, 3:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	16 hr
May 26, 3:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Woodward	8 days
May 26, 3:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	28 hr
May 26, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	36 min
May 26, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	35 min
May 26, 3:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Grady	5 days
May 26, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	32 min
May 26, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	36 min
May 26, 4:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	17 hr
May 26, 4:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more	24 hr
May 26, 4:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Harper, Woods	3 hr
May 26, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods	49 min
May 26, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	31 min
May 26, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods	6 hr
May 26, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods	50 min
May 26, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	43 min
May 26, 5:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	3 hr
May 26, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	32 min
May 26, 6:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant, Woods	5 hr
May 26, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	34 min
May 26, 6:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	35 min
May 26, 7:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	37 min
May 26, 8:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	44 min
May 26, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	49 hr
May 26, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	3 days
May 26, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	45 hr
May 26, 12:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	6 hr

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.