Ticker for June 23, 2003

                
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Heatburst in SW Oklahoma Lifts Overnight Temp to 99 Degrees

Today's Ticker was written by the NWS's Doug Speheger (nobody tell
Doug we swiped his stuff):

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
817 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

...HEATBURST IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...

THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA FROM THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS
PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING. WHILE THESE THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATED
OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA... THEY CREATED A HEATBURST AND STRONG WINDS
IN PORTIONS OF HARMON... GREER... BECKHAM AND WASHITA COUNTIES.

AT 2 AM...THE TEMPERATURE AT THE MESONET SITE NEAR MANGUM WAS 85
DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 99 DEGREES AT 215 AM WITH WINDS
GUSTING TO 53 MPH. THE DEWPOINT ALSO FELL FROM THE LOWER TO MID 60S
BEFORE 2 AM TO 39 DEGREES AT 215 AM.

BETWEEN 130 AM AND 240 AM... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE MESONET SITE
NEAR RETROP CLIMBED FROM 80 DEGREES TO 95 DEGREES. THIS WAS
ACCOMPANIED BY 59 MPH WINDS JUST AFTER 2 AM.  RETROP IS NEAR THE
BECKHAM/WASHITA COUNTY LINE.

THE HEATBURST WAS ALSO WEAKLY SEEN AT THE MESONET SITE NEAR HOLLIS
WHERE THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED FROM 80 TO 85 DEGREES JUST BEFORE 2 AM.


Here are some maps and graphs related to today's Ticker:

Direct heat burst observers (note the oscillations in the hours
leading up to the event at Mangum):




Nearby sites that didn't experience substantial thermal changes, but
had wacky goings-on in the pressure and/or wind field:



A 2:15 wx map, just for good measure: