Tornado Warning 7, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Apr 24, 1993, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)

Expired

Apr 24, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

7 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Coal County, OK

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.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 250354
TOROKC
OKC029-250400-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1053 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN COAL

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     

AT 1053 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CENTRAHOMA.

THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. 

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 A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...
PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A
DITCH OR CULVERT.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.  DO NOT USE
YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND AND DESTROYED BY TORNADO WINDS.  LEAVE YOUR CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER
IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA UNTIL 100AM CDT.


LAT...LON 3466  9611 3461  9635 3480  9629 3483  9609

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 24, 9:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
920 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1993

TSTMS DVLPD DURG LATE AFTN BUT MOST REMAINED EAST OF FCST AREA. SOME
HAVE CONTD TO DVLP OVR SRN PTNS AREA OVR S CENT OK. HV RMVD MENTION
OF PCPN OVR MOST SXNS XCPT S CENT AND SERN OK AND OVR XTRM ERN PTNS
OF CLAY CO IN N TX. WL ADJUST TEMPS SLGTLY TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDS
AND WNDS HV BCM NLY OVR MOST SXNS XCPT S CENT AND SE. OTRW...LTL CHG TO
RMNDR OF FCST.

10

.OK...NONE.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

OKZ004>021-TXZ076-TXZ077-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
555 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1

OKZ004>021-TXZ076-TXZ077-250200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
555 PM CDT SAT APR 24 1

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every tornado warning in 1993Tornadoes in 1993

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.