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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Norman, OK

March 12, 2021Blaine County, Custer County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2021, 8:07 PM CST for Blaine County, Custer County, Kingfisher 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2021, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2021, 8:45 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2021-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

As transmitted.

587 
WUUS54 KOUN 130207
SVROUN
OKC011-039-073-130245-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0011.210313T0207Z-210313T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
807 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Kingfisher County in central Oklahoma...
  Eastern Custer County in western Oklahoma...
  Central Blaine County in northwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 845 PM CST.

* At 807 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of
  Greenfield, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Watonga, Hitchcock, Greenfield and Omega. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 9810 3572 9826 3572 9831 3570 9832
      3561 9858 3574 9872 3606 9833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 235DEG 24KT 3575 9849 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JP
1 follow-up statement
484 
WWUS54 KOUN 130222
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
822 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

OKC039-130231-
/O.CAN.KOUN.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210313T0245Z/
Custer OK-
822 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3572 9826 3572 9831 3570 9832 3567 9852
      3566 9863 3581 9863 3606 9833 3578 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 235DEG 24KT 3580 9839 

$$

OKC011-073-130245-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210313T0245Z/
Kingfisher OK-Blaine OK-
822 PM CST Fri Mar 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KINGFISHER AND CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTIES...

At 821 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Watonga, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Watonga, Hitchcock, Greenfield and Omega. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3572 9826 3572 9831 3570 9832 3567 9852
      3566 9863 3581 9863 3606 9833 3578 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 235DEG 24KT 3580 9839 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:15 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Garfield, Grant, Major3 hr
Mar 12, 6:18 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster42 min
Mar 12, 6:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita27 min
Mar 12, 6:38 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major3 hr
Mar 12, 6:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine45 min
Mar 12, 7:05 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay25 min
Mar 12, 7:18 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKay, Noble3 hr
Mar 12, 7:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine29 min
Mar 12, 7:35 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCuster3 hr
Mar 12, 8:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine30 min
Mar 12, 8:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble35 min
Mar 12, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher48 min
Mar 12, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher34 min
Mar 13, 1:19 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon26 min
Mar 13, 1:41 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon49 min
Mar 13, 2:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson29 min
Mar 13, 4:42 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 22 more7 hr
Mar 13, 7:54 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Canadian13 hr
Mar 13, 12:02 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Harper, Woods118 min
Mar 13, 2:08 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer39 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.