Tornado Warning 17, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

May 11, 1992, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Garvin County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KOKC 111830
TOROKC
OKC049-123-111900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
129 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN GARVIN COUNTY...WESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
AT 129 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF STRATFORD MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25
MILES PER HOUR. THE CURRENT PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL CARRY
IT NORTH OF STRATFORD AND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF OIL CENTER.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A%
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

In the hours before

OKZ004>021-121200-

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID ONLY FOR OKLAHOMA ZONES 4 THROUGH 21.

THERE I

TXZ019-020-111915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
119 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR COTTON
COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 118 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
FROM WEST OF STILLWATER EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO STONEWALL AND ARDMORE.

MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS W[AS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH
AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA GENERALLY COVERS MUCH OF CENTRAL...
EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.