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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

August 8, 2022Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2022, 7:13 PM CDT for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Aug 8, 2022, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Hughes County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 307 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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Aug 8, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:18 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:26 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:27 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:37 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:51 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 7:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	34 min
Aug 9, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	33 min
Aug 9, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	29 min
Aug 9, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	27 min
Aug 9, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	44 min
Aug 9, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	35 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	31 min
Aug 9, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	14 min
Aug 9, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	11 min
Aug 9, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Roger Mills	2 hr
Aug 9, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	9 min
Aug 9, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	36 min
Aug 9, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	34 min
Aug 9, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	48 min
Aug 9, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	35 min
Aug 9, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	32 min
Aug 9, 4:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	2 hr
Aug 9, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	37 min
Aug 9, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	27 min
Aug 9, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	38 min
Aug 9, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	32 min
Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	30 min
Aug 9, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	25 min
Aug 9, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	24 min
Aug 9, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	34 min
Aug 9, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	32 min
Aug 9, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	28 min
Aug 9, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	39 min
Aug 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	29 min
Aug 9, 6:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	2 hr
Aug 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	28 min
Aug 9, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	26 min
Aug 9, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	29 min
Aug 9, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	36 min
Aug 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	47 min
Aug 9, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	24 min
Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	47 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.