A pulse thunderstorm in Atoka Co. produced severe wind gusts during the afternoon.
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A pulse thunderstorm in Atoka Co. produced severe wind gusts during the afternoon.
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 Aug 9, 11:18 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1218 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 .AVIATION... N WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME DIRECTIONAL VARIATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN W OK AND KSPS. A FEW TSRA MAY FROM NEAR THE FRONT IN SE OK THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BE FAR FROM OUR TAF SITES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT ONLY HIGH CLOUDS AND GOOD VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDDAY TOMORROW. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 704 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012/ AVIATION... COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TAF SITES THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT WITH RELATIVELY GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012/ DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SOUTHEAST TODAY EXITING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN MANY AREAS /ALTHOUGH THIS COMPARISON IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED IN LOCATIONS THAT HAD STORMS NEARBY YESTERDAY/... BUT THE SOMEWHAT LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL BE MORE APPARENT BEGINNING TOMORROW AS TEMPERATURES FINALLY RETURN TO VALUES CLOSER TO AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY BE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY THE TIME AFTERNOON STORMS DEVELOP... BUT WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTH FOR TODAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE GENERALLY ON THE SAME PAGE IN THE BROAD TERMS WITH THE LARGE SCALE WEATHER PATTERN AND WITH A FRONT MOVING THROUGH ON SUNDAY/MONDAY STILL SHOW BIG DIFFERENCES IN HOW MUCH COOLING WILL COME WITH THIS FRONT. HAVE KEPT FORECAST CLOSER TO THE WARMER ECMWF. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 100 68 94 65 / 0 0 0 0 HOBART OK 102 67 96 65 / 0 0 0 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 106 71 99 68 / 10 0 0 0 GAGE OK 96 61 94 61 / 0 0 0 0 PONCA CITY OK 94 65 93 63 / 0 0 0 0 DURANT OK 100 71 96 67 / 20 10 0 0 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06/23/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1130 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101200-
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-
1130 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA MAINLY AFTER 3 OR 4 PM.
DISCUSSION...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG OR NEAR A COLD FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA. IF STORMS DO FORM...A FEW MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...ALONG WITH BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINFALL.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY AUG 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...25 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...60 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE REGION.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL KEEP THE WILDFIRE
DANGER VERY HIGH TO EXTREME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG ANOTHER COLD
FRONT THAT WILL PASS OVER THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT
CONDITIONS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
FRIDAY.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
329 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
OKZ048-092115-
ATOKA OK-
329 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 320 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
ATOKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANE...DARWIN...MCGEE CREEK LAKE AND BENTLEY.
LAT...LON 3415 9599 3416 9602 3429 9616 3447 9604
3438 9578 3419 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 299DEG 23KT 3436 9606The Norman radar (KTLX), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Lane mesonet site reported a wind gust to 69 mph at 3:40pm CDT. No damage was reported.
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