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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 769, NWS Norman, OK

August 13, 2019Alfalfa County, Grant County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2019, 10:39 PM CDT for Alfalfa County, Grant County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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 13, 2019, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2019, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Grant County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 13, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2019-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1348 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2019-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson21 min
Aug 13, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson23 min
Aug 13, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper42 min
Aug 13, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more45 min
Aug 13, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Grant24 min
Aug 13, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant37 min
Aug 14, 1:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove27 min
Aug 14, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter56 min
Aug 14, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka32 min
Aug 14, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka32 min
Aug 14, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka32 min
Aug 14, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan24 min
Aug 13, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay26 min
Aug 13, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay34 min
Aug 14, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay23 min

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.