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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 10, 2:47 PM CST, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 347 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 .DISCUSSION...ONE ROUND OF THUNDER PASSING THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND ROUND IS DEVELOPING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA. RIDGE HAS FLATTENED ALOFT WITH WESTERLY FLOW INCREASING...AND SEVERAL LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROFS EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW. ONE TROF WAS FAIRLY WRAPPED UP ALONG THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER...WITH THE TAIL END SUPPORTING ONGOING CONVECTION IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. MODEST WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS INTO EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER TROF EASILY IDENTIFIED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WAS ENTERING THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SUPPORTING RENEWED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MODELS HAVING DIFFICULTY PREDICTING INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS...BUT HAVE A GENERAL SIGNAL FOR AN MCS TO CROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SHOULD HELP FOCUS THIS MCS FROM PONCA CITY TO WATONGA TO CHEYENNE. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THIS LINE...WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF TO THE SOUTH. MODELS ALSO SHOWING DIFFERENCES IN UPPER AIR PATTERN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OBSERVATIONS SUPPORT THE PRESENCE OF WEAKLY CYCLONIC FLOW SIMILAR TO THE 12Z GFS. WITH DEEP MOISTURE...AMPLE HEATING...AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...WOULD EXPECT REPEATED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TUESDAY...AND EVEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A STALLED SURFACE TROF AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL FAVOR UPSLOPE FLOW...PLACING INITIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH MOVEMENT EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IN THE SAME PLACES IT HAS BEEN FOR DAYS NOW...NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF TO THE SOUTH. SEASONABLE HEAT WILL CONTINUE...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. A FEW 100 DEGREE READINGS ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN UP COMPARED TO THE EARLY SUMMER...AND HEAT INDICES MAY BECOME A CONCERN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 71 97 73 97 / 50 20 20 10 HOBART OK 70 99 73 99 / 40 20 20 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 73 100 74 100 / 20 10 10 10 GAGE OK 69 96 70 99 / 50 30 20 10 PONCA CITY OK 73 95 71 96 / 60 30 30 20 DURANT OK 76 97 75 96 / 20 20 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && BURKE/5
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111200-
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-
745 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE
HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
NICKELS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THROUGH LATE
EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY JUL 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS BY MID WEEK...BRINGING WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT
7 AM TUESDAY.
05/11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 954 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ023-035>038-TXZ083>085-110330- CADDO OK-KIOWA OK-COMANCHE OK-JACKSON OK-TILLMAN OK-HARDEMAN TX- WILBARGER TX-FOARD TX- 954 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO...COMANCHE...FOARD... HARDEMAN...JACKSON...KIOWA...TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOONE...TO NEAR ALTUS...TO 25 MILES WEST OF CROWELL TEXAS AT 954 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CADDO...COMANCHE...FOARD...HARDEMAN...JACKSON...KIOWA... TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAWTON AND QUANAH...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1003 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ025>029-110330- LINCOLN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK- 1003 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND...GRADY... LINCOLN...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JONES TO MIDDLEBERG AT 1003 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL DISPLACE LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO...THOSE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATES 35 AND 44...AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS...WILL NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND CHANGES. PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND...GRADY...LINCOLN...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DEL CITY...EDMOND...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...NORMAN AND OKLAHOMA CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1023 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ006-110345- ALFALFA OK- 1023 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR BURLINGTON TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMBERT AT 1023 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1026 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ028>030-110345- POTTAWATOMIE OK-CLEVELAND OK-MCCLAIN OK-1026 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND...MCCLAIN...AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM MCLOUD TO 4 MILES WEST OF PURCELL AT 1026 PM CDT...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL DISPLACE LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO...THOSE TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 35 AND 40...AND OTHER AREA ROADS...WILL NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND CHANGES. PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND...MCCLAIN...POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NORMAN...PURCELL...AND SHAWNEE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1029 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ023-027-035>038-TXZ083>085-110400- CADDO OK-GRADY OK-KIOWA OK-COMANCHE OK-JACKSON OK-TILLMAN OK- HARDEMAN TX-WILBARGER TX-FOARD TX- 1029 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO...COMANCHE...FOARD... GRADY...HARDEMAN...JACKSON...KIOWA...TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM POCASSET...TO THE WICHITA MOUNTAINS...TO NEAR ODELL TEXAS...TO 20 MILES WEST OF CROWELL AT 1029 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL DISPLACE LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE. ALSO...THOSE TRAVELING ALONG AREA ROADS WILL NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN WIND CHANGES. PEOPLE IN CADDO...COMANCHE...FOARD...GRADY...HARDEMAN...JACKSON... KIOWA...TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHICKASHA...LAWTON AND VERNON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1048 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 OKZ006-007-110415- ALFALFA OK-GRANT OK- 1048 PM CDT MON JUL 10 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA AND GRANT COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMORITA...AND ANOTHER 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HELENA AT 1048 PM CDT...WILL MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN ALFALFA AND GRANT COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gust was measured by the KF05 AWOS station at the Vernon Airport. This wind gust may have been due to a dry microburst.
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