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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1049, NWS Norman, OK

August 28, 2025Harper County, Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2025, 1:36 AM CDT for Harper County, Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 28, 2025, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2025, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2025-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1155 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2025-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:36 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward6 hr
Aug 27, 11:34 PM CDTFlood WatchOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Major and 4 more12 hr
Aug 27, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper37 min
Aug 28, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper27 min
Aug 28, 2:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNHarper3 hr
Aug 28, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchOUNGrant, Kay, Noble6 hr
Aug 28, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward25 hr
Aug 28, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNKingfisher, Logan6 hr
Aug 28, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Woods25 hr
Aug 28, 2:28 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryOUNGrant, Kay6 hr
Aug 28, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods51 min
Aug 28, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods36 min
Aug 28, 5:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNWoods3 hr
Aug 28, 6:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKay3 hr
Aug 28, 6:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Grant3 hr
Aug 28, 6:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNHarper, Woodward3 hr
Aug 28, 7:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNMajor3 hr
Aug 28, 11:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNLincoln, Oklahoma3 hr
Aug 28, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay33 min
Aug 28, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita33 min
Aug 28, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita29 min
Aug 28, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHardeman24 min
Aug 28, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKnox34 min
Aug 28, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKnox34 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.