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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 404, NWS Norman, OK

May 9, 2024Cotton County, Jefferson County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2024, 12:09 PM CDT for Cotton County, Jefferson County, Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
May 9, 2024, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan29 min
May 9, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNComanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens54 min
May 9, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston33 min
May 9, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens54 min
May 9, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, McClain46 min
May 9, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma52 min
May 9, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall27 min
May 9, 3:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan36 min
May 9, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie33 min
May 9, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove24 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan23 min
May 9, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNArcher25 min
May 9, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay, Wichita41 min
May 9, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay67 min
May 9, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay65 min
May 9, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay30 min
May 9, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay31 min

Nearby

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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.