Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 463, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2021, 3:52 PM CDT for Ellis County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2021, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Ellis County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Se Harmon, OK | ON COUNTY ROAD NS 1950. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
036
WUUS54 KOUN 212052
SVROUN
OKC045-212130-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0463.210821T2052Z-210821T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
352 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Ellis County in northwestern Oklahoma...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 351 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast
of Harmon, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 9951 3609 9943 3604 9938 3603 9938
3601 9943 3601 9945 3599 9947 3597 9953
3603 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 222DEG 9KT 3604 9950
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
849
WWUS54 KOUN 212116
SVSOUN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
416 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
OKC045-212130-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0463.000000T0000Z-210821T2130Z/
Ellis OK-
416 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY...
At 415 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of
Harmon, moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Ellis County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 9951 3609 9943 3607 9941 3604 9944
3601 9950 3599 9953 3603 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 213DEG 6KT 3606 9949
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 2:36 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 18 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:38 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 22 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major, Woodward | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Roger Mills | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Dewey | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major, Woodward | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.