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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 545, NWS Norman, OK

October 26, 2021Beckham County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 7:42 PM CDT for Beckham County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
Oct 26, 2021, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beckham County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 8:17 PM CDTHAIL 17 Ssw Roll, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

454 
WUUS54 KOUN 270042
SVROUN
OKC009-129-270130-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0545.211027T0042Z-211027T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
742 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Roger Mills County in western Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Beckham County in western Oklahoma...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 742 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
  of Sweetwater, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cheyenne, Reydon, Sweetwater, Crawford, Roll 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 3561 10000 3587 9985 3573 9957 3526 9996
      3528 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 210DEG 33KT 3537 10002 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Bunker
1 follow-up statement
207 
WWUS54 KOUN 270123
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
823 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

OKC009-270132-
/O.CAN.KOUN.SV.W.0545.000000T0000Z-211027T0130Z/
Beckham OK-
823 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BECKHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning for southwest 
Roger Mills County moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the 
warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3564 9983 3582 9975 3573 9957 3559 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 210DEG 33KT 3569 9979 

$$

OKC129-270130-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0545.000000T0000Z-211027T0130Z/
Roger Mills OK-
823 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ROGER MILLS COUNTY...

At 822 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Reydon, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne and Roll. 

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 3564 9983 3582 9975 3573 9957 3559 9968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 210DEG 33KT 3569 9979 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward18 min
Oct 26, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills39 min
Oct 26, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis38 min
Oct 26, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills35 min
Oct 26, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward33 min
Oct 26, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward40 min
Oct 26, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward38 min
Oct 26, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods16 min
Oct 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCuster, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more49 min
Oct 26, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatOUNJackson, Tillman65 min
Oct 26, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNHarmon, Jackson, Tillman38 min
Oct 26, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAlfalfa, Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward44 min
Oct 26, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman46 min
Oct 26, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods22 min
Oct 26, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman33 min
Oct 26, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods37 min
Oct 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita63 min
Oct 26, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods35 min
Oct 26, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa37 min
Oct 26, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCaddo, Canadian, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, McClain and 1 more38 min
Oct 26, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Kingfisher24 min
Oct 26, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNBlaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Kingfisher and 3 more53 min
Oct 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major52 min
Oct 27, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield34 min
Oct 27, 12:36 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie24 min
Oct 27, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNCleveland, Garvin, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma and 4 more47 min
Oct 27, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Garvin, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain, Payne and 3 more27 min
Oct 27, 2:28 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 7 more17 hr
Oct 27, 1:38 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.