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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS Norman, OK

June 22, 2023Baylor County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2023, 8:10 PM CDT for Baylor County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baylor County, TX, Knox County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 272 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: 1782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 12.7

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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, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:31 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:33 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:02 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT, 3 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, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	48 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	44 min
Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	23 min
Jun 22, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	34 min
Jun 23, 3:52 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	OUN	Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Stephens and 1 more	10 hr
Jun 23, 4:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	52 min
Jun 23, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	51 min
Jun 23, 5:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	46 min
Jun 23, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	33 min
Jun 23, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	45 min
Jun 23, 8:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	35 min
Jun 23, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	24 min
Jun 23, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	31 min
Jun 23, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey, Major	33 min
Jun 23, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	47 min
Jun 23, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Major	33 min
Jun 23, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	33 min
Jun 23, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Washita	38 min
Jun 23, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Greer and 4 more	49 min
Jun 23, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major	41 min
Jun 23, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher	26 min
Jun 23, 11:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Washita	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Kingfisher and 2 more	40 min
Jun 23, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	21 min
Jun 23, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Washita	26 min
Jun 23, 12:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Kingfisher and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 23, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, Kingfisher and 5 more	49 min
Jun 23, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	28 min
Jun 23, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	23 min
Jun 23, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more	47 min
Jun 23, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	30 min
Jun 23, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Grady	28 min
Jun 23, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	41 min
Jun 23, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Lincoln, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	40 min
Jun 23, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	36 min
Jun 23, 1:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	2 hr
Jun 23, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Major, Oklahoma	61 min
Jun 23, 1:45 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 19 more	31 hr
Jun 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	33 min
Jun 23, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc and 1 more	32 min
Jun 23, 2:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pontotoc	117 min
Jun 23, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Love	26 min
Jun 23, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	27 min
Jun 23, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Coal	32 min
Jun 23, 2:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	3 hr
Jun 23, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	28 min
Jun 23, 3:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Love	3 hr
Jun 23, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	38 min
Jun 23, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	31 min
Jun 23, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	34 min
Jun 23, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	31 min
Jun 22, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	52 min
Jun 23, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	39 min
Jun 23, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	34 min
Jun 23, 7:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	46 min
Jun 23, 7:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	48 min
Jun 23, 7:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	33 min
Jun 23, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger	34 min
Jun 23, 8:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	33 min
Jun 23, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	30 min
Jun 23, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	37 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.