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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Norman, OK

June 2, 1993Harper County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT for Harper County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1993, 12:10 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Harper County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper47 min
Jun 2, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods60 min
Jun 3, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward40 min
Jun 3, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods42 min
Jun 3, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods45 min
Jun 3, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield35 min
Jun 3, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Logan, Noble45 min
Jun 3, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods40 min
Jun 3, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne48 min
Jun 3, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods45 min
Jun 3, 2:58 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNPayne32 min
Jun 3, 3:28 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNPayne32 min
Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant46 min
Jun 3, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods53 min
Jun 3, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay47 min
Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay30 min
Jun 3, 5:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield38 min
Jun 3, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble40 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.