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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2020, 7:21 PM CDT for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2020, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Wichita County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 27, 6:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 616 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020 OKZ044-272345- Cotton OK- 616 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR central Cotton County Until 645 PM CDT... AT 609 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Walters, moving south at 10 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Wind gusts over 50 MPH... Heavy rain can lead to reduced visibility... Locations impacted include... Walters, Randlett and Taylor. LAT...LON 3439 9843 3439 9831 3417 9827 3415 9847 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 347DEG 7KT 3433 9837 BRB
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 641 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020 OKZ037-044-TXZ085-086-280015- Tillman OK-Cotton OK-Wichita TX-Wilbarger TX- 641 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southeastern Tillman... southwestern Cotton...northern Wichita and southeastern Wilbarger Counties Until 715 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from 6 miles north of Loveland to 3 miles east of Davidson, moving south at 15 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Wind gusts to 50 MPH... Heavy rain can lead to reduced visibility... Locations impacted include... Burkburnett, Frederick, Electra, Grandfield, Devol, Hollister, Loveland, Harrold and Haynesville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && LAT...LON 3406 9848 3389 9908 3445 9904 3446 9874 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 350DEG 11KT 3440 9876 3426 9901 BRB
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:58 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 658 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020 OKZ009-010-280030- Woodward OK-Ellis OK- 658 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR west central Woodward and central Ellis Counties Until 730 PM CDT... AT 657 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Gage, moving northeast at 10 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Hail up to one-half inch diameter... Wind gusts 40 to 50 MPH... Heavy rain can lead to reduced visibility... Locations impacted include... Gage and Fargo. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Severe weather is not expected and no warnings are anticipated at this time. && LAT...LON 3617 9977 3636 9992 3651 9964 3627 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 236DEG 9KT 3629 9976 11
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
721 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020
TXZ085-086-280045-
Wichita TX-Wilbarger TX-
721 PM CDT Mon Jul 27 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR western Wichita and east central
Wilbarger Counties Until 745 PM CDT...
AT 715 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles north of
Electra, moving southeast at 15 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to one-half inch diameter...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
Heavy rain can lead to reduced visibility...
Locations impacted include...
Iowa Park, Electra and Haynesville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Severe weather is not expected and no warnings are anticipated at
this time.
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LAT...LON 3407 9903 3416 9884 3396 9865 3383 9892
3384 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 336DEG 11KT 3409 9890
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Major | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Comanche | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garvin | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Murray | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Blaine, Dewey | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 6:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Dewey | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wichita | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wichita | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 3 hr |
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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.