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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 533, NWS Norman, OK

October 13, 2021Alfalfa County, Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2021, 2:02 AM CDT for Alfalfa County, Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2021, 2:31 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2021-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 441 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 00:00Z on 2021-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 383 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
441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

738 
WUUS54 KOUN 130702
SVROUN
OKC003-151-130800-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0533.211013T0702Z-211013T0800Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Woods County in northwestern Oklahoma... 
  Alfalfa County in northwestern Oklahoma...

* Until 300 AM CDT.

* At 201 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hardtner to near Avard to near Waynoka, moving
  east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Alva, Cherokee, Helena, Carmen, Goltry, Jet, Burlington, Dacoma,
  Amorita, Byron, Lambert, Ingersoll, Great Salt Plains Lake,
  Driftwood, Capron, Waldron and Hopeton.

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 3700 9811 3653 9811 3653 9880 3670 9868
      3700 9862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 254DEG 36KT 3702 9862 3671 9877 3658 9885 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

BRB
2 follow-up statements
178 
WWUS54 KOUN 130725
SVSOUN

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

OKC003-151-130800-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0533.000000T0000Z-211013T0800Z/
Woods OK-Alfalfa OK-
225 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODS AND NORTHERN ALFALFA COUNTIES...

At 225 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Driftwood,
moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cherokee, Burlington, Amorita, Byron, Ingersoll, Driftwood, Capron
and Waldron.

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 3668 9864 3700 9859 3700 9811 3680 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 251DEG 45KT 3692 9836 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

BRB
387 
WWUS54 KOUN 130731
SVSOUN

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

OKC003-151-130740-
/O.CAN.KOUN.SV.W.0533.000000T0000Z-211013T0800Z/
Woods OK-Alfalfa OK-
231 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODS AND
NORTHERN ALFALFA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                 
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However strong 
wind gusts to 50 mph are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3668 9864 3700 9859 3700 9811 3680 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 254DEG 36KT 3694 9829 

$$

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, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills46 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.