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Heat Advisory 19, NWS Norman, OK

August 22, 202116 counties in Oklahoma; Clay County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this heat advisory at Aug 22, 2021, 2:59 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; Clay County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 23, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2021, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 23, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Murray County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Clay County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 376 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 483 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 22, 2:04 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:04 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Payne29 min
Aug 21, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln26 min
Aug 21, 7:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Dewey3 hr
Aug 21, 7:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Kingfisher3 hr
Aug 21, 8:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKingfisher, Logan, Payne4 hr
Aug 21, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills3 hr
Aug 22, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble31 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.