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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Norman, OK

May 3, 2021Love County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 6:19 PM CDT for Love County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
May 3, 2021, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Love County, OK

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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
May 3, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1296 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 480 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-475 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
456 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

815 
WUUS54 KOUN 032319
SVROUN
OKC085-032345-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0148.210503T2319Z-210503T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
619 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Love County in southern Oklahoma...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 619 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Thackerville,
  moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Marietta, Thackerville, Overbrook and southern Lake Murray. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3376 9719 3382 9721 3384 9717 3390 9718
      3391 9724 3386 9728 3387 9728 3407 9720
      3407 9706 3400 9694 3394 9697 3396 9698
      3395 9700 3392 9699 3384 9703 3385 9709
      3382 9705 3380 9709 3374 9709 3372 9712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 204DEG 27KT 3379 9719 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mahale

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper49 min
May 3, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter25 min
May 3, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Murray51 min
May 3, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray51 min
May 3, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray26 min
May 3, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper25 min
May 3, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray67 min
May 3, 6:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCarter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, Murray, Pontotoc5 hr
May 3, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc58 min
May 3, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLove36 min
May 3, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Murray33 min
May 3, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes35 min
May 3, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc42 min
May 3, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc40 min
May 3, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray37 min
May 3, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston36 min
May 3, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love, Marshall8 min
May 3, 6:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Murray3 hr
May 3, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc49 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.