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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 476, NWS Norman, OK

September 3, 2021Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2021, 3:07 PM CDT for Ellis County, Harper 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
Sep 3, 2021, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 885 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

629 
WUUS54 KOUN 032007
SVROUN
OKC045-059-032045-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0476.210903T2007Z-210903T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
307 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Ellis County in northwestern Oklahoma...
  Southwestern Harper County in northwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 306 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Laverne,
  moving east at 15 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...
  Laverne and May. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3678 9973 3658 9969 3656 10000 3670 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 249DEG 12KT 3665 9992 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Ware
1 follow-up statement
460 
WWUS54 KOUN 032025
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
325 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

OKC045-059-032045-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0476.000000T0000Z-210903T2045Z/
Ellis OK-Harper OK-
325 PM CDT Fri Sep 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL ELLIS AND SOUTHWESTERN HARPER COUNTIES...

At 324 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles south of 
Laverne, moving east at 15 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...
May.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3657 9991 3668 9992 3675 9972 3658 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 249DEG 12KT 3667 9985 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Ware

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 3:02 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUNHughes, Lincoln, Logan, Payne, Pottawatomie, Seminole16 hr
Sep 3, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods30 min
Sep 3, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper30 min
Sep 3, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods31 min
Sep 3, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis, Harper30 min
Sep 3, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa26 min
Sep 3, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods46 min
Sep 3, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis, Woodward28 min
Sep 3, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward42 min
Sep 3, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods30 min
Sep 3, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield26 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.