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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 933, NWS Norman, OK

November 3, 2024Love County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 2024, 7:38 AM CST for Love County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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: Nov 3, 2024, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 2024, 8:30 AM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Love County, OK

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 1168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 7.9

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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 Nov 3, 6:07 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 6:07 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:53 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
253 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

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

0245 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 ESE Byars             34.86N 97.00W
11/03/2024  M75 MPH          McClain            OK   Mesonet

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Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:58 AM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
258 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

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

0116 AM     Tornado          Newcastle               35.25N 97.60W
11/03/2024                   McClain            OK   Public

            Damage reported in Newcastle with TDS.

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Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:39 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:13 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:14 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 3, 7:10 AM CST, 28 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
Nov 2, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	48 hr
Nov 2, 8:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	13 hr
Nov 2, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	13 hr
Nov 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, McClain	3 hr
Nov 2, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	25 min
Nov 2, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Nov 2, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	37 min
Nov 2, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	25 min
Nov 2, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	52 min
Nov 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	3 hr
Nov 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	28 min
Nov 2, 11:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	3 hr
Nov 2, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	47 min
Nov 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	115 min
Nov 3, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	26 min
Nov 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Nov 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	51 min
Nov 3, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	35 min
Nov 3, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	34 min
Nov 3, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 3, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	42 min
Nov 3, 12:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 3, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	42 min
Nov 3, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	31 min
Nov 3, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma	43 min
Nov 3, 1:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma	39 min
Nov 3, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	30 min
Nov 3, 1:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan, Payne	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	52 min
Nov 3, 1:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	51 min
Nov 3, 1:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	40 min
Nov 3, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	39 min
Nov 3, 1:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Stephens	23 min
Nov 3, 1:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	45 min
Nov 3, 1:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	29 min
Nov 3, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	32 min
Nov 3, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	45 min
Nov 3, 1:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	44 min
Nov 3, 1:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	23 min
Nov 3, 1:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	36 min
Nov 3, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	49 min
Nov 3, 1:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	32 min
Nov 3, 2:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	45 min
Nov 3, 2:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	43 min
Nov 3, 2:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Nov 3, 2:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	23 min
Nov 3, 2:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie	48 min
Nov 3, 2:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love, Stephens	40 min
Nov 3, 2:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Nov 3, 2:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie, Seminole	49 min
Nov 3, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, McClain, Murray and 3 more	48 min
Nov 3, 2:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	2 hr
Nov 3, 3:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole	29 min
Nov 3, 3:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	41 min
Nov 3, 3:23 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan, Payne	112 min
Nov 3, 3:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc and 1 more	50 min
Nov 3, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	49 min
Nov 3, 3:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	15 min
Nov 3, 3:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	36 min
Nov 3, 3:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	26 hr
Nov 3, 3:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	86 min
Nov 3, 4:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Johnston	32 min
Nov 3, 4:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love, Marshall	31 min
Nov 3, 4:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Murray	3 hr
Nov 3, 6:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	16 hr
Nov 3, 7:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	35 min
Nov 3, 8:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	3 hr
Nov 3, 8:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	22 hr
Nov 3, 8:40 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	23 hr
Nov 3, 9:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	24 min
Nov 3, 9:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Nov 3, 9:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	30 min
Nov 3, 9:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	29 min
Nov 3, 9:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	25 min
Nov 3, 9:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	28 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.