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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 22, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 22, 2021, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 22, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Norman OK 1125 AM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021 OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-231630- 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- 1125 AM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern... western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north Texas. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight... .Thunderstorms... There is a Slight Risk of severe storms this afternoon and evening. The Slight Risk area covers locations near and south of a line extending from Elk City and Weatherford, to Pauls Valley, and to Ada. Hail up to the size of golf balls and damaging wind gusts around 60 to 70 mph are the primary hazards. The tornado threat is very low and primarily confined to locations near and south of Gage, to Oklahoma City, and to Holdenville. This includes all of western north Texas. North of the Slight Risk area, a Marginal Risk for there is a Marginal Risk for Severe Thunderstorms. Hail up to the size of quarters will be the primary hazard. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to develop over the eastern Texas panhandle this afternoon and move eastward through the evening hours. In addition to the severe weather impacts mentioned, brief heavy rain with the storms will likely produce minor flooding in areas with poor drainage. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... .Thunderstorms... Isolated, non-severe thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday and early Thursday. Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook. Mahale
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:10 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
440 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021
OKZ023-038-222215-
Caddo OK-Comanche OK-
440 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southern Caddo and north central
Comanche Counties Until 515 PM CDT...
AT 437 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were along a line extending from
4 miles north of Meers to near Lake Lawtonka, moving northeast at 45
MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to the size of nickels...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
LAT...LON 3485 9866 3486 9862 3494 9862 3523 9840
3493 9809 3465 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 219DEG 38KT 3484 9860 3475 9851
..speg.Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:43 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 2:18 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 19 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 22, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 35 min |
| Mar 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 45 min |
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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.