Showers and thunderstorms developed along a Pacific cold that moved through the Texas panhandle into Oklahoma. Heavy rainfall and wind gusts to 50 mph were the main threats with the thunderstorms, but occasional strong wind gusts over 60 mph were reported.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed along a Pacific cold that moved through the Texas panhandle into Oklahoma. Heavy rainfall and wind gusts to 50 mph were the main threats with the thunderstorms, but occasional strong wind gusts over 60 mph were reported. Some damage was reported, mainly in Comanche county. Damage estimates were not available.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 8, 11:30 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1130 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009
.AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED AHEAD OF AND ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX...ALTHOUGH TEMPO IFR POSSIBLE WITH MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE.
CONVECTION INTENSITY ON A DOWNWARD TREND...BUT THIS COULD CHANGE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS FORCING ENCOUNTERS BETTER MOISTURE AND LLJ
FARTHER EAST. QUESTION WILL BE IF LARGE SCALE FORCING CAN ERODE
SIGNIFICANT CAP SEEN ON AREA 00Z SOUNDINGS. REGARDLESS...LLJ
MOMENTUM TRANSPORT ONGOING WITH SHOWERS AHEAD OF MAIN COMPLEX...SO
STRONG/MARGINAL SEVERE WINDS STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. STORMS SHOULD
SHIFT EAST OF TAF SITES 12-15Z FOLLOWED BY RAPID CLEARING AND STRONG
SOUTHWEST WIND.
&&
.UPDATE...
LARGE LINE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS TEXAS WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE
EAST OVERNIGHT/MONDAY MORNING. EVENING SOUNDING SHOWS A STRONG CAP
SO DO NOT EXPECT MUCH ACTIVITY UNTIL LINE MOVES INTO THE FORECAST
AREA. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS TO SHOW THIS. HOWEVER... DID LEAVE SOME
LOW POPS IN PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OK WHERE A FEW LIGHT
SHOWERS OCCASIONALLY DEVELOP. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE
POSSIBLE AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH... WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS THE
MAIN CONCERN. HAVE RAISED LOW TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OK WHERE TEMPS WILL BE SLOW TO FALL AND RAIN
WHICH WOULD COOL TEMPS WILL BE DELAYED IN ARRIVING. HAVE ADJUSTED
HOURLY GRIDS TO CURRENT TRENDS.
MAXWELL
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 56 70 43 72 / 70 70 10 30
HOBART OK 52 71 42 71 / 90 20 0 10
WICHITA FALLS TX 54 74 46 75 / 90 30 10 30
GAGE OK 48 66 36 68 / 90 10 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 55 69 45 71 / 60 80 10 20
DURANT OK 57 69 53 71 / 40 90 10 60
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR OKZ004>029-
033>038-044.
TX...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR TXZ083>089.
&&
25/11HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
630 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091300-
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-
630 PM CST SUN FEB 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
DISCUSSION...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL
PROGRESS EASTWARD AS A SQUALL LINE OVERNIGHT AND BEGIN TO AFFECT
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
SQUALL LINE WILL BEGIN IMPACTING THE INTERSTATE-35 CORRIDOR OF
OKLAHOMA BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM...AND QUICKLY SHIFT EAST DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. INSTABILITY ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS WILL
BE RATHER LIMITED TONIGHT...BUT WIND SHEAR WILL BE VERY STRONG.
THEREFORE...THE CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN ON
THE LOW SIDE...BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER CELLS WITHIN THE SQUALL
LINE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP
TO ONE-INCH IN DIAMETER.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST MONDAY FEB 9.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE TOWARD
THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY MORNING WITH VERY STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND IT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR MONDAY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF
OKLAHOMA. THE WINDS ON MONDAY WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MOVE AROUND
LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR THOSE ON
MOTORCYCLES AND IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
DESPITE THE EXPECTED RAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY... THE
WARM...WINDY AND DRYING CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS MONDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
MONDAY.The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:27 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A hangar at the Cordell airport was heavily damaged. The scoreboard at the Cordell Lady Blue Devils Softball field was knocked down. Monetary estimates were not available.
A barn was heavily damaged. Numerous tree limbs were also downed. Monetary estimates were not available.
Numerous reports of damage to trees, roofs, and broken windows. The wind measured 64 mph in Lawton. Monetary estimates were not available.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, February 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 156783, 156788, 156785, 156787, 156784.