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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 643, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2023, 4:21 AM CDT for Garfield County, Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 21, 2023, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2023, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Garfield County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 Jul 21, 2:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Norman OK 218 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (Today and tonight) Issued at 216 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023 An area of lingering showers and thunderstorms is expected to exit northeast parts of the area by late morning. Otherwise, a cold front will continue to push south through southern Oklahoma into north Texas this morning with a nice cool down in its wake across much of the area today. Most locales will be some 10 to perhaps 15 degrees cooler than what was seen Thursday. Drier air will also filter south across the area giving a short respite from the humidity. By late today another area of storms is expected to develop across northeast New Mexico into northwest Texas. Although much of this activity is expected to remain west of the area, there is a small chance for this activity to make a run at far southwest Oklahoma and western north Texas Friday night. With the drier air in place overnight low will drop into the low to middle 60s across much of the area with a few upper 50s across the north. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 216 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023 Northwest flow does look to continue through the weekend, but most models either keep the precip along with higher terrain to our west or to our northeast. As we go into next week, upper ridge builds east, bringing and end to the chances for overnight MCS across the area. There remains some differences between the GFS and ECMWF on how aggressive the upper ridge exspansion eastward, but the sensible weather is similar with a gradual warming trend and very little if any rain chances through the work week. will have to watch trend in moisture and associated afternoon heat indices as additional heat headlines may be needed at some point next week. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1024 PM CDT Thu Jul 20 2023 Thunderstorms are expected to arrive in northern Oklahoma early this morning and last until around daybreak Friday. Otherwise a slowly-moving cold front will cross the Red River early Friday and northeast wind will continue to its north most of the day. Northern Oklahoma may keep MVFR ceilings until around midday. Gusts will subside during the evening. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Oklahoma City OK 84 65 87 67 / 30 10 0 0 Hobart OK 88 64 90 66 / 10 10 0 0 Wichita Falls TX 94 69 93 68 / 10 10 0 0 Gage OK 79 61 88 66 / 40 0 0 0 Ponca City OK 79 62 86 65 / 70 0 0 0 Durant OK 95 70 89 68 / 10 10 10 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...Flood Watch until 7 AM CDT this morning for OKZ004>013. TX...None. && SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM....30 AVIATION...09
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 12:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 21, 2:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
236 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 AM Tstm Wnd Gst Gage 36.32N 99.76W
07/21/2023 M56 MPH Ellis OK ASOS
&&Local storm report, Jul 21, 2:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
250 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 AM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 WNW Camargo 36.04N 99.35W
07/21/2023 M54 MPH Dewey OK Mesonet
&&Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
308 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023
OKZ015-017-018-210845-
Kingfisher OK-Dewey OK-Blaine OK-
308 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern
Kingfisher, Blaine and eastern Dewey Counties through 345 AM CDT...
At 308 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Canton Lake to 5 miles east of Putnam.
Movement was east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Watonga, Taloga, Okeene, Seiling, Canton, Longdale, Hitchcock,
Oakwood, Putnam, Canton Lake, Eagle City, Fay, Homestead, Hucmac,
Southard, and Omega.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3616 9896 3616 9810 3574 9824 3580 9863
3581 9863 3581 9873 3586 9909
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 273DEG 49KT 3610 9860 3588 9888
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
30Local storm report, Jul 21, 3:54 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 2:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 3:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Dewey | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 4:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garfield | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 5:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Grant, Kay | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:21 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OUN | Woodward | 9 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:10 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 16 hr |
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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.