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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

June 13, 2021Greer County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2021, 10:33 AM CDT for Greer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 13, 2021, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Greer County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 13, 10:31 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:31 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 8:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:33 AM CDT, 5 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
716 AM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

OKZ025-029-030-131245-
Oklahoma OK-Pottawatomie OK-Cleveland OK-
716 AM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southeastern Oklahoma...west
central Pottawatomie and northeastern Cleveland Counties Until 745 AM
CDT...

AT 715 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over northern
Norman, moving northeast at 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 40 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

Locations impacted include...
Southeastern Oklahoma City, Norman, Moore, Choctaw, Harrah, Pink,
Stanley Draper Lake, Stella, Newalla, Lake Thunderbird and Little
Axe.

LAT...LON 3516 9741 3528 9752 3549 9722 3527 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 239DEG 31KT 3528 9737

JP

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:33 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
1033 AM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

OKZ021-033-034-131600-
Harmon OK-Beckham OK-Greer OK-
1033 AM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR northeastern Harmon...
southwestern Beckham and northwestern Greer Counties Until 1100 AM
CDT...

AT 1032 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of Vinson, moving southeast at 25 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Hail up to one-half inch diameter...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...
Minor flooding in areas of poor drainage...

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Harmon, southwestern Beckham and northwestern Greer Counties.

LAT...LON 3497 9993 3509 9985 3501 9955 3491 9960
      3482 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 297DEG 20KT 3499 9979

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	46 min
Jun 13, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills and 1 more	48 min
Jun 13, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	27 min
Jun 13, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	29 min
Jun 13, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	45 min
Jun 13, 11:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	42 min
Jun 13, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Greer	3 hr
Jun 13, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	31 min
Jun 13, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	24 min
Jun 13, 12:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer	4 hr
Jun 13, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	30 min
Jun 13, 1:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 9 more	9 hr
Jun 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	27 min
Jun 13, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	39 min
Jun 13, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	48 min
Jun 13, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson	65 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	59 min
Jun 13, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	42 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	23 min
Jun 13, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	36 min
Jun 13, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	29 min
Jun 13, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Greer	2 hr
Jun 13, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	44 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	34 min
Jun 13, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	39 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	50 min
Jun 13, 5:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson	2 hr
Jun 13, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	33 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	36 min
Jun 13, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	42 min
Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	53 min
Jun 13, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	36 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	26 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	35 min
Jun 13, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	3 hr
Jun 13, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	51 min
Jun 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	32 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Major	44 min
Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	25 min
Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	49 min
Jun 13, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	33 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	45 min
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	49 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.