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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Norman, OK

March 14, 2024Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2024, 7:44 PM CDT for Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
Mar 14, 2024, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2024, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Atoka County, OK, Coal County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 14, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2024-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2024-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 Mar 14, 7:14 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 7:14 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
336 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-152045-
Harper-Woods-Alfalfa-Grant-Kay-Ellis-Woodward-Major-Garfield-
Noble-Roger Mills-Dewey-Custer-Blaine-Kingfisher-Logan-Payne-
Beckham-Washita-Caddo-Canadian-Oklahoma-Lincoln-Grady-McClain-
Cleveland-Pottawatomie-Seminole-Hughes-Harmon-Greer-Kiowa-Jackson-
Tillman-Comanche-Stephens-Garvin-Murray-Pontotoc-Coal-Cotton-
Jefferson-Carter-Johnston-Atoka-Love-Marshall-Bryan-Hardeman-
Foard-Wilbarger-Wichita-Knox-Baylor-Archer-Clay-
336 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern...
western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorms are expected to continue through the evening hours
across southeast Oklahoma. Some of these storms will be capable of
producing supercells with severe risks of hail up to baseball
size, damaging downburst wind gusts up to 80 mph, and a medium
potential for a few tornados. Heavy rainfall under some of these
storms could also result in some localized flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorms will be possible across southern Oklahoma and
western north Texas on Friday through Saturday night. Severe
storms are not expected.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 7:02 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
702 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0648 PM     Hail             4 ESE Pontotoc          34.47N 96.55W
03/14/2024  E1.00 inch       Johnston           OK   Public

            Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

&&

RRB
Local storm report, Mar 14, 7:03 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
703 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     Hail             3 W Stuart              34.91N 96.15W
03/14/2024  E1.75 inch       Hughes             OK   Public

            Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).

&&
Local storm report, Mar 14, 7:09 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
709 PM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 PM     Hail             2 WNW Stuart            34.91N 96.14W
03/14/2024  E1.75 inch       Hughes             OK   Public

            Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.).

&&

RRB
Local storm report, Mar 14, 7:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 14, 7:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc27 min
Mar 14, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal34 min
Mar 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall47 min
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes26 min
Mar 14, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc44 min
Mar 14, 8:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston, Marshall3 hr
Mar 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatOUNAtoka, Johnston52 min
Mar 14, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall21 min
Mar 14, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMarshall26 min
Mar 14, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall26 min
Mar 14, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan36 min
Mar 14, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka27 min
Mar 14, 10:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan26 min
Mar 14, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCooke20 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.