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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 532, NWS Norman, OK

October 13, 20214 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2021, 1:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
Oct 13, 2021, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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
Oct 12, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 496 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 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 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
496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted.

389 
WUUS54 KOUN 130644
SVROUN
OKC009-039-043-129-130730-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0532.211013T0644Z-211013T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
144 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Roger Mills County in western Oklahoma...
  Western Custer County in western Oklahoma...
  Central Dewey County in northwestern Oklahoma...
  Northern Beckham County in western Oklahoma...

* Until 230 AM CDT.

* At 144 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles west of Angora to near Cheyenne to 4 miles
  northeast of Sweetwater, moving east at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Elk City, Cheyenne, Taloga, Seiling, Hammon, Leedey, Butler,
  Camargo, Sweetwater, Strong City, Putnam, Foss Reservoir, Angora,
  Moorewood, Berlin and Dempsey.

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 3563 9978 3585 9967 3584 9962 3586 9956
      3597 9950 3616 9898 3616 9883 3577 9889
      3549 9922 3547 9936 3545 9936 3525 10000
      3537 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 253DEG 47KT 3588 9959 3561 9966 3545 9984 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BRB
2 follow-up statements
759 
WWUS54 KOUN 130708
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
208 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

OKC009-039-043-129-130730-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0532.000000T0000Z-211013T0730Z/
Roger Mills OK-Custer OK-Dewey OK-Beckham OK-
208 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN ROGER MILLS...WESTERN CUSTER...CENTRAL DEWEY AND
NORTHEASTERN BECKHAM COUNTIES...

At 208 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 3 miles northeast of Angora to 5 miles west of Hammon
to 10 miles south of Cheyenne, moving northeast at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Taloga, Seiling, Hammon, Leedey, Butler, Camargo, Putnam, Moorewood,
Foss Reservoir and Angora.

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 3544 9940 3547 9972 3573 9955 3597 9949
      3616 9898 3616 9883 3577 9889 3549 9922
      3547 9936 3545 9936
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 245DEG 41KT 3589 9942 3562 9949 3546 9967 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BRB
108 
WWUS54 KOUN 130723
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
223 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

OKC009-039-043-129-130733-
/O.EXP.KOUN.SV.W.0532.000000T0000Z-211013T0730Z/
Roger Mills OK-Custer OK-Dewey OK-Beckham OK-
223 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ROGER MILLS...WESTERN
CUSTER...CENTRAL DEWEY AND NORTHEASTERN BECKHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 230 AM CDT...
             
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However 
strong wind gusts to 50 mph are still possible with these 
thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3544 9940 3547 9972 3573 9955 3597 9949
      3616 9898 3616 9883 3577 9889 3549 9922
      3547 9936 3545 9936
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 253DEG 47KT 3594 9923 3567 9930 3551 9948 

$$

BRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWashita14 min
Oct 12, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman26 min
Oct 12, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCuster, Washita51 min
Oct 12, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman50 min
Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey43 min
Oct 12, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman48 min
Oct 12, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey49 min
Oct 12, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey44 min
Oct 12, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita52 min
Oct 12, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo32 min
Oct 12, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian41 min
Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward77 min
Oct 13, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward61 min
Oct 13, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNEllis, Roger Mills, Woodward67 min
Oct 13, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward61 min
Oct 13, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAlfalfa, Woods29 min
Oct 13, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham24 min
Oct 13, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey, Major37 min
Oct 13, 2:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham31 min
Oct 13, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Grant, Major47 min
Oct 13, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Washita45 min
Oct 13, 3:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Grant, Kingfisher25 min
Oct 13, 3:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Kiowa, Tillman34 min
Oct 13, 3:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Noble49 min
Oct 13, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Canadian49 min
Oct 13, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay39 min
Oct 13, 4:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman49 min
Oct 13, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Noble, Payne45 min
Oct 13, 4:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, Comanche, Grady, Oklahoma46 min
Oct 13, 5:07 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma23 min
Oct 13, 5:27 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNOklahoma18 min
Oct 13, 5:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln, Payne29 min
Oct 13, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma, Stephens49 min
Oct 13, 5:44 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma18 min
Oct 13, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln46 min
Oct 13, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain24 min
Oct 13, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, Lincoln, Pottawatomie33 min
Oct 13, 6:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCleveland, Oklahoma2 hr
Oct 13, 6:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPontotoc, Seminole50 min
Oct 13, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter, Garvin, Love, Murray48 min
Oct 13, 7:19 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole26 min
Oct 13, 7:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNPottawatomie3 hr
Oct 13, 7:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole46 min
Oct 13, 8:07 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes23 min
Oct 13, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan66 min
Oct 13, 3:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan3 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.