A cold front moved through Oklahoma during the late evening hours of the 23rd, and the early morning hours of the 24th. Gusty north winds developed behind the front.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A cold front moved through Oklahoma during the late evening hours of the 23rd, and the early morning hours of the 24th. Gusty north winds developed behind the front. Most of the winds remained below severe limits, but a measured gust of 58 mph was reported west of Medicine Park. This is the only severe wind reported, but winds remained gusty for a couple of hours. No damage was reported.
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 Nov 23, 11:33 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1133 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009 .AVIATION... COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH ALL OF THE TAF SITES THIS EVENING WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. WILL SEE TEMPO CIGS AT OR BELOW 025 AT KPNC AND KWWR AND POSSIBLY KGAG AS THE STRATUS IN KANSAS OCCASIONALLY BRUSHES ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. CLOUD DEVELOPMENT FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS MAY BRING VFR CIGS BETWEEN 030-060 TO KOUN AND KSPS AND POSSIBLY KOKC AND KLAW OVERNIGHT. THESE CLOUDS WILL ERODE AND MOVE OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS DRIER LOW-LEVEL AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND THE UPPER STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 846 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009/ UPDATE... UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT CONTINUED PROGRESSION OF COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA... WHICH AT MID EVENING EXTENDED FROM STILLWATER TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. THE FRONT IS STILL ON SCHEDULE TO MOVE COMPLETELY THROUGH THE CWA AROUND 3 AM. SCALED BACK THE POTENTIAL FOG GRIDS TO REMOVE AREAS NEAR AND BEHIND THE FRONT. SATELLITE INDICATES CLOUDS DEVELOPING NEAR THE FRONT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WHILE LOCAL WRF GENERATES SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY NEAR THE FRONT LATE TONIGHT. THUS THE ORIENTATION OF LOW CHANCES FOR PCPN DEPICTED IN CURRENT FORECAST GRIDS FOR MAINLY SE OK STILL LOOK REASONABLE. A FEW LOW CLOUDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO ALSO BRUSH ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OK. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009/ AVIATION... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY NEAR A LINE FROM O53-END-RQO-FDR-F05 TO N OF F75 AS SEEN BY FINE-LINE ON AREA RADARS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. SOME LOW CLOUDS MAY TEMPORARILY BRUSH NORTHERN SITES /KGAG KWWR KPNC/ THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN FARTHER NORTH. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009/ DISCUSSION...THIS AFTERNOON A SURFACE CYCLONE WAS TAKING SHAPE... WITH LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN KANSAS. THIS TRACK WAS FAVORABLE FOR DRAGGING...IN RAPID SUCCESSION...A DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. IN THE SHORT TERM...THIS RAISES SOME CONCERN THAT WILDFIRES WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN. FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT...HOWEVER...TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER RELATIVELY QUICKLY. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL DEEPEN SOMEWHAT... ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. AREAS OF FOG COULD REDEVELOP...AS THE RUC SUGGESTS. INCREASED BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS...ALONG WITH THE SOON ARRIVING FRONT...ARGUE THAT THE FOG WILL BE LESS DENSE AND SHORTER LIVED THAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. WHEN THE FRONT ARRIVES IN THAT AREA...LIFT MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS...ALTHOUGH POOR MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL KEEP THE ODDS OF THUNDER VERY LOW. ON TUESDAY...THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE WITHIN THE DRY SLOT OF THE DEPARTING CYCLONE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNDOWN...THEN LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS...AND OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST/FREEZE PRODUCTS. ALTHOUGH WE ARE PAST THE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGE FIRST FREEZE DATE FOR MOST LOCATIONS...THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A HARD FREEZE. SHELTERED VEGETATION AND EVEN SOME GRASS CONTINUES TO GROW...AT LEAST IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. ANALYSIS OF LOW TEMPERATURES DURING NOVEMBER INDICATES THAT MOST OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA HAS ONLY EXPERIENCED ONE FREEZE...OR IN SOME CASES NO FREEZE...AND THE ONE THAT DID OCCUR ONLY TOOK TEMPERATURES TO 29-32 DEGREES. BASED ON THIS EVIDENCE...IT MAY BE PRUDENT TO CONTINUE ISSUING FROST/FREEZE PRODUCTS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM OUR TEXAS COUNTIES UP THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO... AND NORTHWARD ALONG INTERSTATE 35. THAT HAVING BEEN SAID...THE FORECAST TEMPERATURES FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS...ARE CURRENTLY TOO MARGINAL...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S...FOR ANY LONGER LEAD TIME FREEZE WATCH. WE WOULD EXPECT PERHAPS A FROST ADVISORY TO BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL WATCH THE TRENDS. IN THE BIG PICTURE...THERE ARE RELATIVELY FEW GLARING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OPERATIONAL MODELS...ESPECIALLY IN TIMING OF SURFACE FEATURES. THE GFS...HOWEVER...DID APPEAR TOO WARM BEHIND THE CURRENT FRONT...AND TOO COLD ON THANKSGIVING WHEN THE MODEL PULLS DOWN SUB FREEZING 850 MB TEMPERATURES INTO THE REGION. SUCH AIR IS SPARSE RIGHT NOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...AND THE PATTERN IS MORE FAVORABLE FOR COLD AIR TO DIP INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WE LIKED THE NAM TWO METER TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS THROUGH THURSDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 40 55 34 60 / 10 0 0 0 HOBART OK 35 58 30 62 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 40 60 33 65 / 10 0 0 0 GAGE OK 29 54 23 55 / 10 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 37 54 32 56 / 10 0 0 0 DURANT OK 44 59 35 62 / 30 0 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 01/01/01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
645 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-241300-
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-
645 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE UNLIKELY.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. HOWEVER... THE
INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY WEAK AND INSUFFICIENT FOR MORE
THAN A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST TUESDAY NOV 24.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...10 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO IMPACT THE HANDLING OF
HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES.
AREAS OF FOG... SOME DENSE... WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
TUESDAY MORNING.
CJSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind of 50+ mph were reported from 0105 am to 0230 am. No damage was reported.
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