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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

March 17, 2021Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 17, 2021, 2:57 AM CDT for Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2021, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 17, 12:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 12:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 12:32 PM CDT, 14 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
1232 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171115-
Harper-Woods-Alfalfa-Grant-Kay-Ellis-Woodward-Major-Garfield-
Noble-Roger Mills-Dewey-Custer-Blaine-Kingfisher-Logan-Payne-
Beckham-Washita-Caddo-Canadian-Oklahoma-Lincoln-Grady-McClain-
Cleveland-Pottawatomie-Seminole-Hughes-Harmon-Greer-Kiowa-Jackson-
Tillman-Comanche-Stephens-Garvin-Murray-Pontotoc-Coal-Cotton-
Jefferson-Carter-Johnston-Atoka-Love-Marshall-Bryan-Hardeman-
Foard-Wilbarger-Wichita-Knox-Baylor-Archer-Clay-
1232 PM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern...
western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight...

.Severe storms...
Thunderstorms are expected to develop late this afternoon over the
Panhandles, and then spread east into Oklahoma and western north
Texas this evening. The storms will advance east overnight into
central and eastern Oklahoma. Large hail will be the primary risk
with these storms, but damaging winds and tornadoes will also be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

.Snow...
Rain will likely change to snow across far northwestern Oklahoma
Wednesday morning. Snow accumulations are possible, especially on
grassy areas.

.Wind...
Strong northwest winds will spread across the region on Wednesday,
with frequent gusts 30 to 50 mph, with the stronger winds across
the western parts of Oklahoma and western north Texas.

.Fire Weather...
Strong winds and dry air will lead to elevated fire weather
conditions on Wednesday, slightly mitigated by cool temperatures.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
121 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0116 AM     HAIL             GREENFIELD              35.73N 98.38W
03/17/2021  E1.00 INCH       BLAINE             OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TWITTER REPORT WITH PHOTO.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
126 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0121 AM     HAIL             6 S DRUMMOND            36.21N 98.04W
03/17/2021  E0.75 INCH       GARFIELD           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, Mar 17, 1:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 17, 2:16 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
216 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     12 SW SHATTUCK          36.13N 100.00W
03/17/2021                   ELLIS              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CEMENTED FENCES DOWN, ANCHORED CARPORT
            DESTROYED, SUV TOTALLED, TIME IS RADAR
            ESTIMATE.

&&

AZ

Local storm report, Mar 17, 2:20 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
220 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE CLINTON            35.54N 98.94W
03/17/2021  M59 MPH          CUSTER             OK   ASOS

&&

AZ

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 2:57 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
257 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

OKZ012-013-018-019-170830-
Garfield OK-Kingfisher OK-Logan OK-Noble OK-
257 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southern Garfield...Kingfisher...
western Logan and southwestern Noble Counties Until 330 AM CDT...

AT 254 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from
3 miles southeast of Bison to 6 miles east of Dover to near Okarche,
moving east at 40 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of nickels...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

Locations impacted include...
Guthrie, Kingfisher, Hennessey, Crescent, Okarche, Cashion, Dover,
Cedar Valley, Marshall, Mulhall, Cimarron City, Douglas, Lovell,
Lucien, Bison, Navina and Hayward.

LAT...LON 3629 9743 3595 9735 3573 9757 3573 9820
      3595 9797 3622 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 270DEG 36KT 3616 9784 3595 9780 3577 9799

Mahale

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	26 min
Mar 16, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	23 min
Mar 16, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	33 min
Mar 16, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	30 min
Mar 16, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	43 min
Mar 16, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	46 min
Mar 16, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	42 min
Mar 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	31 min
Mar 16, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	35 min
Mar 16, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	39 min
Mar 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	64 min
Mar 16, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	48 min
Mar 16, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	47 min
Mar 16, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Major, Woodward	60 min
Mar 16, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	49 min
Mar 16, 11:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	43 min
Mar 16, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward	58 min
Mar 16, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	50 min
Mar 16, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward	58 min
Mar 16, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	25 min
Mar 16, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	52 min
Mar 16, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	49 min
Mar 17, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	26 min
Mar 17, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	36 min
Mar 17, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	51 min
Mar 17, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	42 min
Mar 17, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	40 min
Mar 17, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	43 min
Mar 17, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woodward	56 min
Mar 17, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	33 min
Mar 17, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian	31 min
Mar 17, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Dewey	21 min
Mar 17, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian	51 min
Mar 17, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	46 min
Mar 17, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa, Washita	33 min
Mar 17, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Kingfisher, Major	49 min
Mar 17, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	48 min
Mar 17, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	45 min
Mar 17, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	37 min
Mar 17, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	16 min
Mar 17, 1:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher	111 min
Mar 17, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	33 min
Mar 17, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	49 min
Mar 17, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	47 min
Mar 17, 2:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	3 hr
Mar 17, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	65 min
Mar 17, 3:19 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward	16 hr
Mar 17, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan, Payne	46 min
Mar 17, 3:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher	3 hr
Mar 17, 3:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Kay, Logan, Noble	3 hr
Mar 17, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	27 min
Mar 17, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	35 min
Mar 17, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	34 min
Mar 17, 8:45 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	11 hr
Mar 17, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Canadian	28 hr
Mar 17, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	64 hr
Mar 17, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer	11 hr
Mar 17, 12:57 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Kingfisher	18 hr
Mar 17, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	24 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.