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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 764, NWS Norman, OK

July 4, 2024Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2024, 4:54 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. 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: Jul 4, 2024, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2024, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Jul 4, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Norman OK
316 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-052030-
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-
316 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorms this evening may be severe with damaging wind gusts.

Cloud to ground lightning will also be a concern with any
thunderstorm.

.Heat...
Hot and humid conditions continue today with heat indices of 105
to 112 degrees expected for all but northwest Oklahoma this
afternoon.

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

.Thunderstorms...
Thunderstorm chances linger into Friday across central and
southern Oklahoma. Additional chances for storms return Sunday
into early next week.

Heavy rainfall and localized flooding will be possible Sunday
night and early Monday.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:30 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:43 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:51 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
Jul 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	32 min
Jul 3, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	30 min
Jul 4, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis, Harper	34 min
Jul 4, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	27 min
Jul 4, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper, Woodward	30 min
Jul 4, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	25 min
Jul 4, 10:36 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 13 more	10 hr
Jul 4, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	27 min
Jul 4, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	44 min
Jul 4, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	35 min
Jul 4, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	33 min
Jul 4, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	31 min
Jul 4, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	28 min
Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	38 min
Jul 4, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	33 min
Jul 4, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	29 min
Jul 4, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	27 min
Jul 4, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	29 min
Jul 4, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	33 min
Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	32 min
Jul 4, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	30 min
Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	28 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	33 min
Jul 4, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	30 min
Jul 4, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain	42 min
Jul 4, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	32 min
Jul 4, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain, Pottawatomie	31 min
Jul 4, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	24 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	33 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	28 min
Jul 4, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	40 min
Jul 4, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	50 min
Jul 4, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Jul 4, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	41 min
Jul 4, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	36 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	34 min
Jul 4, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	33 min
Jul 4, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	52 min
Jul 4, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Murray, Pontotoc	31 min
Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pontotoc	3 hr
Jul 4, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Kiowa	35 min
Jul 4, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	46 min
Jul 4, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	28 min
Jul 4, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	26 min
Jul 4, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	26 min
Jul 4, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa	34 min
Jul 4, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	27 min
Jul 4, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	26 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.