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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 451, NWS Norman, OK

June 22, 2023Archer County, Baylor County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2023, 5:52 PM CDT for Archer County, Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2023, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2023, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 310 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: 819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -352 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:01 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:23 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:28 PM CDT, 24 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
Jun 22, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Ellis, Roger Mills	42 min
Jun 22, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	50 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	48 min
Jun 22, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	51 min
Jun 22, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	47 min
Jun 22, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	32 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	50 min
Jun 22, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	52 min
Jun 22, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jun 22, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Grady, Kingfisher and 1 more	48 min
Jun 21, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	32 min
Jun 21, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	27 min
Jun 22, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	29 min
Jun 22, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	45 min
Jun 22, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	24 min
Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	31 min
Jun 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	52 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.