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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 596, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2020, 5:07 PM CDT for Comanche County, Grady County, Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 30, 2020, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Comanche County, OK, Grady County, OK, Stephens County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 30, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 244 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 ...New SHORT TERM... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Friday) Issued at 227 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 Showers/thunderstorms are likely to develop across southwestern OK and western north TX this afternoon and evening a mid-level trough and surface boundary. Latest radar imagery shows a few echoes with a few cloud flashes already developing over Beckham County in western OK and tracking quickly east-southeastward at about 40 mph. With a moderately unstable atmosphere in place, little to no CIN, storms may become severe later this afternoon and evening. Large hail up to the size of golf balls, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall are possible with any storms that develop. A few thunderstorms are also possible this evening over northern Oklahoma. Precipitation appears likely, generally south of I-40, through at least 10PM with chances diminishing after midnight. && .LONG TERM... (Friday night through next Wednesday) Issued at 220 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 In the wake of Friday's storm system, we should see a break from rain this weekend with below normal temperatures. Models (both deterministic and ensemble) are trending further west with their possible MCS Sunday night into Monday, affecting mainly the panhandles and parts of western Oklahoma into north Texas. Latest NBM guidance seems to represent this fairly well. The most recent WPC cluster analysis is coming in weaker and slower with the building of the upper level ridge next week. This is consistent with deterministic models which keep us in an active northwest flow pattern through much of next week. Day && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1251 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 As of 18Z, a prefrontal trough axis appears to be located from near Bristow to OKC to Elk City, with a cold front situated over NW Oklahoma. Winds have already shifted to the northwest for WWR/PNC and winds are forecast to shift northwesterly for all other TAF sites by evening. Showers/thunderstorms have already developed from Holdenville to Ada, though none have been severe so far. Thunderstorms are forecast to develop near KLAW and KSPS sites this afternoon after 21Z. There is some uncertainty as to the placement and duration of precipitation. However, model guidance suggests precipitation may linger over this area until the early morning hours on Friday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 69 82 66 84 / 40 30 0 0 Hobart OK 69 87 64 89 / 30 10 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 71 88 66 89 / 60 10 0 0 Gage OK 64 85 60 88 / 20 10 0 0 Ponca City OK 69 81 64 83 / 60 40 0 0 Durant OK 73 88 68 89 / 60 30 10 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...None. TX...None. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....14 AVIATION...01
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 12:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Norman OK 1205 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-311715- 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- 1205 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...Through tonight... .Thunderstorms... There is a Slight Risk for severe storms this afternoon and tonight (mainly after 3pm) across portions of central and southern Oklahoma, and western north Texas. The main threats will be damaging winds up to 65 mph, hail to the size of ping pong balls, and locally heavy rainfall. Showers and storms could linger across parts of southern Oklahoma and north Texas into early Friday morning. A secondary area of storms will be possible across portions of northern Oklahoma this afternoon and evening. A marginal risk is in place for these storms. .SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT... Storm spotter groups and emergency management personnel across the risk areas should prepare for severe weather operations this afternoon and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... .Thunderstorms... Thunderstorms will still be affecting the area Friday morning and persist through Friday afternoon. Instability will be lower, so the potential of severe weather is low. Thunderstorms will be possible again Sunday night through Monday night and then again on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:18 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
418 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020
OKZ034-035-302145-
Kiowa OK-Greer OK-
418 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northwestern Kiowa and east
central Greer Counties Until 445 PM CDT...
AT 415 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Lone Wolf,
moving southeast at 25 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to one-half inch diameter...
Wind gusts over 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3507 9935 3501 9898 3479 9910 3481 9915
3485 9915 3485 9917 3486 9917 3486 9919
3484 9920 3484 9922 3493 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 294DEG 22KT 3497 9930
WRSpecial weather statement, Jul 30, 4:43 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 30, 4:53 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
453 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0432 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 WNW VERNON 34.20N 99.45W
07/30/2020 WILBARGER TX EMERGENCY MNGR
SEMI BLOWN OVER NEAR THE HARDEMAN/WILBARGER COUNTY LINE
&&
BTHORENSpecial weather statement, Jul 30, 5:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
500 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020
OKZ037-302215-
Tillman OK-
500 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southwestern Tillman County Until
515 PM CDT...
AT 458 PM CDT, an outlow from a thunderstorm was located near
Davidson, moving northeast at 25 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts over 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3428 9919 3436 9901 3429 9894 3421 9907
3421 9910 3420 9912 3421 9913 3422 9913
3421 9915 3426 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 245DEG 23KT 3427 9913
WRSpecial weather statement, Jul 30, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 503 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 OKZ032-043-302230- Coal OK-Hughes OK- 503 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northeastern Coal and southeastern Hughes Counties Until 530 PM CDT... AT 502 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of Ashland, moving northeast at 30 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Wind gusts to 50 MPH... Locations impacted include... Stuart. LAT...LON 3463 9626 3479 9637 3491 9609 3468 9610 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 245DEG 27KT 3479 9618 WR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods, Woodward | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant, Kay, Noble | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay, Noble | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 2:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant, Woods | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne | 29 min |
| Jul 30, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Kay | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Washita | 22 min |
| Jul 30, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 17 min |
| Jul 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 17 min |
| Jul 30, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 15 min |
| Jul 30, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Stephens | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 17 min |
| Jul 30, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 16 min |
| Jul 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Pontotoc | 26 min |
| Jul 30, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 4 more | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis | 23 min |
| Jul 30, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc | 19 min |
| Jul 30, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 20 min |
| Jul 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Wilbarger | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Knox | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 39 min |
| Jul 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wichita | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 35 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.