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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 784, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 2025Alfalfa County, Major County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2025, 4:05 AM CDT for Alfalfa County, Major County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 15, 2025, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2025, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Major County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 2976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.0

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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 Jun 15, 12:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 12:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:05 AM CDT, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 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
Jun 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer	39 min
Jun 14, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	43 min
Jun 14, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	38 min
Jun 14, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	27 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	33 min
Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	29 min
Jun 14, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Caddo, Washita	39 min
Jun 14, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	51 min
Jun 14, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	28 min
Jun 14, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	26 min
Jun 14, 9:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Washita	4 hr
Jun 14, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Washita	50 min
Jun 14, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	47 min
Jun 14, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Noble, Payne	38 min
Jun 14, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	32 min
Jun 14, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	38 min
Jun 14, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	52 min
Jun 14, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	32 min
Jun 14, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	5 hr
Jun 14, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne	64 min
Jun 14, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	27 min
Jun 14, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	49 min
Jun 14, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	37 min
Jun 14, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	5 hr
Jun 14, 11:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	4 hr
Jun 15, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Logan, Oklahoma	53 min
Jun 15, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	37 min
Jun 15, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	25 min
Jun 15, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	47 min
Jun 15, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	4 hr
Jun 15, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	50 min
Jun 15, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	45 min
Jun 15, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	44 min
Jun 15, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	4 hr
Jun 15, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	52 min
Jun 15, 1:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield	4 hr
Jun 15, 1:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	6 hr
Jun 15, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	38 min
Jun 15, 1:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	4 hr
Jun 15, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	30 min
Jun 15, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	45 min
Jun 15, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	34 min
Jun 15, 2:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	4 hr
Jun 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	50 min
Jun 15, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Major	43 min
Jun 15, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	49 min
Jun 15, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	51 min
Jun 15, 3:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	5 hr
Jun 15, 3:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	4 hr
Jun 15, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	47 min
Jun 15, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	48 min
Jun 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	27 min
Jun 15, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	49 min
Jun 15, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	15 min
Jun 15, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	25 min
Jun 15, 4:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 15, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	31 min
Jun 15, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain	15 min
Jun 15, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	38 min
Jun 15, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	35 min
Jun 15, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	45 min
Jun 15, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	25 min
Jun 15, 5:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	53 min
Jun 15, 5:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	50 min
Jun 15, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	30 min
Jun 15, 5:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods	23 min
Jun 15, 5:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Jun 15, 5:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	32 min
Jun 15, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills and 1 more	43 min
Jun 15, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Murray, Stephens	25 min
Jun 15, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	35 min
Jun 15, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Major	39 min
Jun 15, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	52 min
Jun 15, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	33 min
Jun 15, 6:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	8 hr
Jun 15, 6:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	37 min
Jun 15, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	32 min
Jun 15, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 1 more	39 min
Jun 15, 6:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	37 min
Jun 15, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Love, Marshall	48 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.