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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 708, NWS Norman, OK

June 25, 2024Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2024, 6:44 PM CDT for Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2024, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2024, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 25, 7:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Red Rock, OK	Damage (appears to be a section of wall removed) to Frontier High School. Time estimated by radar.
Jun 25, 7:08 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	1 W Sooner Lake, OK
Jun 25, 7:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	1 W Sooner Lake, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

791 
WUUS54 KOUN 252344
SVROUN
OKC071-103-260030-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0708.240625T2344Z-240626T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
644 PM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Kay County in northern Oklahoma...
  Northeastern Noble County in northern Oklahoma...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
  Marland, moving southwest at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Red Rock, Marland, and Sooner Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 9706 3664 9705 3660 9704 3659 9706
      3658 9700 3660 9691 3658 9689 3655 9690
      3653 9699 3651 9701 3651 9703 3633 9703
      3632 9704 3650 9729 3668 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 028DEG 6KT 3657 9703 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

Bunker

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more	43 hr
Jun 25, 12:41 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	OUN	Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 29 more	32 hr
Jun 25, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	23 min
Jun 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	35 min
Jun 25, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	29 min
Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	25 min
Jun 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	30 min
Jun 25, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	30 min
Jun 25, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	25 min
Jun 25, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	35 min
Jun 25, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	31 min
Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	30 min
Jun 25, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.