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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 787, NWS Norman, OK

August 20, 2019Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2019, 3:43 PM CDT for Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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 20, 2019, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 922 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-388 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:16 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 20 more41 hr
Aug 20, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper45 min
Aug 20, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper30 min
Aug 20, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper27 min
Aug 20, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods43 min
Aug 20, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward47 min
Aug 20, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward25 min
Aug 20, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods51 min
Aug 20, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward42 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.