An early season storm brought heavy sleet and snow to portions of western north Texas during the day on the 24th.
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The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
An early season storm brought heavy sleet and snow to portions of western north Texas during the day on the 24th.
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, 11:29 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1129 PM CST SAT NOV 23 2013
.AVIATION...
25/06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR THROUGH 12Z
WITH TOP-DOWN MOISTENING. HEAVIEST PRECIP EXPECTED OVER FAR
WESTERN OKLAHOMA WHERE IFR CONDITIONS MAY BE SEEN MAINLY IN THE
12-18Z TIMEFRAME.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 25 30 26 37 / 20 70 50 30
HOBART OK 26 29 25 36 / 60 70 50 30
WICHITA FALLS TX 28 31 27 38 / 40 70 60 50
GAGE OK 20 29 22 38 / 70 60 30 10
PONCA CITY OK 18 31 25 40 / 10 60 40 30
DURANT OK 30 35 28 37 / 10 70 70 60
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR
OKZ004>006-009>012-014>019-021>025-027>048-050>052.
TX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR
TXZ083>090.
&&
26/11/11HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013
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-
1145 AM CST SAT NOV 23 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
AND NO THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY NOV 24.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...0 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SCATTERED SNOW AND SLEET WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR ON
ELEVATED SURFACES LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW AND SLEET TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. PLEASE SEE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 5 AM
SUNDAY.
AUSTINThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet and snow accumulations of 2 inches reported by KFDX media in Quanah.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2013
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