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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK

May 31, 2022Beckham County, Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2022, 4:18 PM CDT for Beckham County, Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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: May 31, 2022, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2022, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 3849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

620 
WUUS54 KOUN 312118
SVROUN
OKC009-055-057-312200-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0310.220531T2118Z-220531T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
418 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Harmon County in southwestern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Greer County in southwestern Oklahoma...
  Southwestern Beckham County in western Oklahoma...

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 417 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
  of Lutie, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Two inch 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...
  Erick, Vinson and Madge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10000 3524 9980 3492 9973 3487 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 246DEG 27KT 3495 10006 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Ware

1 follow-up statement

210 
WWUS54 KOUN 312122
SVSOUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
422 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022

OKC009-055-057-312200-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-220531T2200Z/
Harmon OK-Greer OK-Beckham OK-
422 PM CDT Tue May 31 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN HARMON...NORTHWESTERN GREER AND SOUTHWESTERN BECKHAM
COUNTIES...

At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest 
of Vinson, moving northeast at 30 mph. Two inch hail was recently 
reported north of Wellington, Texas. 

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

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...
Erick, Vinson and Madge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10000 3524 9980 3492 9973 3487 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 246DEG 27KT 3496 10002 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Ware

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	23 min
May 30, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	46 min
May 30, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	46 min
May 30, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	32 min
May 31, 3:35 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 27 more	51 hr
May 31, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	26 min
May 31, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	45 min
May 31, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita	42 min
May 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	46 min
May 31, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita	46 min
May 31, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	52 min
May 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	12 min
May 31, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	3 hr
May 31, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	15 min
May 31, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Custer, Dewey	52 min
May 31, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	51 min
May 31, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	49 min
May 31, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	49 min
May 31, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	38 min
May 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	30 min
May 31, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	3 hr
May 31, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	53 min
May 31, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	35 min
May 31, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Greer, Harmon	24 min
May 31, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	44 min
May 31, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	46 min
May 31, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Harmon	50 min
May 31, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	50 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Washita	46 min
May 31, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	41 min
May 31, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Harmon	15 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.