A squall line developed over Oklahoma and continued south across the Red River. A severe wind gust well over 70 mph was reported near Wichita Falls, although there was no damage reported.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
A squall line developed over Oklahoma and continued south across the Red River. A severe wind gust well over 70 mph was reported near Wichita Falls, although there was no damage reported. No other severe weather 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 Sep 2, 1:03 PM CST, 7 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 203 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT PUSHING SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTH. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME SUFFICIENT FOR SOME SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP... WITH STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN CONCERN. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO PLEASANT WEATHER MOST LOCATIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA WHERE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. MODELS SHOW SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURNING QUICKLY OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MODELS SHOW THE UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S. TO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA AND DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE FLOW. WITH THE ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... DID NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 61 83 55 87 / 80 0 0 0 HOBART OK 58 84 56 87 / 70 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 63 87 58 90 / 80 10 0 0 GAGE OK 53 83 49 90 / 10 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 56 83 52 86 / 30 0 0 10 DURANT OK 65 86 58 88 / 70 10 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 22/25
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2010
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031000-
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-
1150 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
LOCATION...
ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 2 PM
THROUGH 2 AM.
IMPACT...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
HAIL RANGING IN SIZE UP TO 1.25 INCHES MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND OTHER FRAGILE OBJECTS...ESPECIALLY AS SOME
HAIL MAY BE DRIVEN BY STRONG WINDS.
LOCALLY INTENSE RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED...AND MAY YIELD FLOODING.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN NORTHERN
AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON...MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA BY LATE
AFTERNOON...AND INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BY
EARLY EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
STRONG HEATING OF A VERY MOIST LOW LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN
MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON. A FAIRLY STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL PROVIDE LIFTING THAT IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR A LINE
OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM AND MOVE SOUTH AND EAST.
WIND SHEAR WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK...BUT MAY INCREASE JUST BEHIND
THE FRONT...AND ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THIS...COMBINED
WITH STRONG INSTABILITY...MAY ALLOW FOR SOME ORGANIZED STORM
STRUCTURES AT TIMES...SUCH AS BOW ECHOES...AND PERHAPS SOME SHORT
LIVED SUPERCELLS. THESE STRUCTURES WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SEVERE WEATHER...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND DAMAGE...BUT ALSO
THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.
THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG THE INITIAL LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAIN AND STORMS MAY PERSIST
FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER THE FRONT PASSES A GIVEN LOCATION.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY SEP 3.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
STORMS MAY TRAIN ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FRONT FOR A LONG ENOUGH
TIME...ONE OR TWO HOURS...TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN TOTALS...AND
SOME THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A DRIER AND STABLE AIR MASS WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...KEEPING PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND.
MOISTURE WILL THEN RETURN...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT
5 AM FRIDAY. UNSCHEDULED UPDATES MAY ALSO BE ISSUED.
BURKESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 601 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 OKZ016-021-022-022330- CUSTER OK-BECKHAM OK-WASHITA OK- 601 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM...CUSTER AND WASHITA COUNTIES. AT 559 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM STAFFORD TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. THIS MAY RESULT IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN. MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LAT...LON 3551 9880 3514 9925 3525 9966 3558 9915
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
623 PM CDT THU SEP 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TSTM WND GST 6 W EDMOND 35.65N 97.58W
09/02/2010 E75 MPH OKLAHOMA OK TRAINED SPOTTER
AT EDMOND ROAD AND PENNSYLVANIA AVE
0618 PM TSTM WND GST 6 W EDMOND 35.65N 97.58W
09/02/2010 E65 MPH OKLAHOMA OK TRAINED SPOTTER
AT EDMOND ROAD AND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
&&
EMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
637 PM CDT THU SEP 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 W EDMOND 35.65N 97.60W
09/02/2010 OKLAHOMA OK EMERGENCY MNGR
SHINGLES OF HOUSES AT NW 173RD AND N MAY AVE.
&&
EMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
642 PM CDT THU SEP 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0634 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N BETHANY 35.53N 97.64W
09/02/2010 M58 MPH OKLAHOMA OK ASOS
&&
EMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
645 PM CDT THU SEP 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE WARR ACRES 35.55N 97.59W
09/02/2010 E60 MPH OKLAHOMA OK NWS EMPLOYEE
NORTHWEST EXPRESSWAY AND MERIDIAN AVE
&&
EMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
648 PM CDT THU SEP 02 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TSTM WND DMG GUTHRIE 35.88N 97.42W
09/02/2010 LOGAN OK EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
EMThe Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust was reported near the intersection of US Highway 287 and Loop 11. Small tree limbs, mostly less than 2 inches in diameter, were downed around town. Monetary damages were estimated.
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