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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 873, NWS Norman, OK

September 12, 2019Lincoln County, Logan County, Payne County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2019, 7:03 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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
Sep 12, 2019, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Sep 12, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 316 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2019-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 Sep 12, 6:20 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 6:20 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 12, 11:29 AM CDT, 7 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
1129 AM CDT Thu Sep 12 2019

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-131630-
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-
1129 AM CDT Thu Sep 12 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight...

.Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall...
There is a risk of severe storms this afternoon and evening
across much of western, central, and north central Oklahoma. The
main threats will be damaging wind gusts up to 65 mph and heavy
rainfall. The most likely time for severe storms will be from 3 pm
to 10 pm.

Additional showers and thunderstorms may linger across southern
Oklahoma and northern Texas overnight with a continued risk for
heavy rainfall and flooding, though the severe risk should be
diminished by this time.

.SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT...

Storm spotter groups and emergency management personnel should
ready for severe weather operations through this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

.Thunderstorms...
Showers and thunderstorms may linger into the morning hours on
Friday. Organized severe weather is not expected.

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, Sep 12, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham45 min
Sep 12, 7:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarfield, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne3 hr
Sep 12, 7:11 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble3 hr
Sep 12, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan47 min
Sep 12, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln59 min
Sep 12, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Payne55 min
Sep 12, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma58 min
Sep 12, 8:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCuster3 hr
Sep 12, 8:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNKay3 hr
Sep 12, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer59 min
Sep 12, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita27 min
Sep 12, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma65 min
Sep 12, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie64 min
Sep 13, 12:48 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNCuster, Dewey3 hr
Sep 13, 1:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGrady, McClain3 hr
Sep 13, 1:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNPayne3 hr
Sep 13, 2:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Payne3 hr
Sep 13, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens3 hr
Sep 13, 7:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNArcher, Baylor, Clay, Wichita3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.