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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Norman, OK

April 26, 1994Atoka County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 3:23 PM CDT for Atoka County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atoka County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, 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 this tornado warning went out at Apr 26, 4:25 AM CDT, 10 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:25 AM CDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
425 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

DRYLN FM PNC-OKC-SPS ATTM...MOVG E ON NRN END AND W ON SRN END. AS
INFLUENCE FM STG SFC LOW IN THE CNTRL PLAINS DECREASES DURG THE DAY AND
A ANOTHER TROF TRIES TO DVLP TO THE LEE OF THE SRN ROCKIES...FEEL THE
LOW LVL FLOW SD BACK A LTL DURG THE DAY. ALL MDLS INCRS 850 MB MOISTURE
BY EVE. AS A RESULT...FEEL DRYLN WL NOT MV VERY FAR TDY AND SD BE FM E
OF PNC TO JUST E OF OKC TO NR RYAN OK BY MID TO LATE AFTN. LOW LVL
FORCING WL BE WKR THAN YSTERDAY WITH LTL UPPER SUPPORT. CHCS ARE FAIRLY
LOW FOR TRW...BUT FEEL ANYTHING THAT DVLPS ALONG AND E OF THE DRYLN HAS
A GOOD CHC FOR BCMG SVR. GOOD TURNING IN THE LOW LVL WINDS ARE EXPECTED
BY LATE AFTN...ESP IN SE OK AND FAR SRN OK. WILL COMPROMISE WITH SELS
AND MOVE SLIGHT RISK AND CHC OF THUNDER SE OF A LN FM CROMWELL TO THE
RED RIVER S OF WILSON. IF DRYLN HOLDS FARTHER W THAN THAT...DAY SHIFT
MAY NEED TO MV AREA A LTL FARTHER NW.

WL BACK DRLYN WWRD A LTL TNGHT AND THEN AS CDFNT MVS INTO AREA ON
WED...TRW AND SVR WX AGAIN A THREAT...ESP IN SRN...CNTRL AND SERN ZONES.
WL GO WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE ETA MDL AND THE NGM ON THE MVMNT OF
THE FNT ACRS THE AREA ON WED.

WL ISSUE WND ADVISORY FOR FAR NRN ZONES FOR THIS AM WITH CAUTION
STATEMENTS FOR MOST OF WRN OK AND N TX FOR TDY. HOPE TO HV ZONES OUT BY
445.

HBR   88  53  73  47 / 0   0   20  30
OKC   81  60  75  50 / 0   0   30  30
SPS   88  60  78  52 / 0   0   20  30
GAG   86  46  63  42 / 0   0   20  30
PNC   84  55  68  46 / 0   0   20  30
DUA   80  67  79  59 / 30  20  30  40

25 (MTE)

.OKC...WIND ADVISORY THIS AM FOR ZONES 4>13.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 11:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1150 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT

1140 AM              CLAY              NICKEL SIZE HAIL 7SP HENRIETTA

1150 AM              CLAY              GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 4E HENRIETTA

SC
Local storm report, Apr 26, 12:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1215 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT

1200 PM              JEFFERSON         HALF DOLLAR HAIL IN TERRAL.

1200 PM              JEFFERSON         QUARTER HAIL COVERED GROUND IN
                                       TERRAL.

SC
Local storm report, Apr 26, 1:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
105 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT

1O5 PM               ARCHER, TX        TORNADO REPORTED ON ZGROUND 5-6
                                       ESE OF ANARENE.

SC
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-261730-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
215 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.  THE HIGH RISK IS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A      SEMINOLE TO DUNCAN TO SEYMOUR TEXAS LINE.

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHAWNEE OKLAHOMA TO
SEYMOUR TEXAS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ALONG THE
DRYLINE IN NORTH TEXAS AND MOVED NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
TORNADOES FORMED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS VERY
LARGE HAIL.  THE DRYLINE IS CURRENTLY STATIONARY...AND CONDITIONS REMAIN
FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.  A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTH TEXAS.

DRIER AIR BEHIND THE DRYLINE WILL PREVENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE DRYLINE.

SPOTTERS GROUPS IN THE HIGH RISK AREA THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED
SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREP8ARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 2:33 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
233 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT
156 PM               JOHNSTON          NICKEL HAIL 1 S OF BRO^MIDE.

201 PM               COAL              HEN EGG SIZE HAIL IN BROMIDE.

209 PM               COAL              NICKEL HAIL 2 MI EAST OF CLARITY.

KJ
Local storm report, Apr 26, 2:43 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
241 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT
152 PM               JOHNSTON          3 INCH HAIL IN TROY.

215 PM               CLAY, TX          2 INCH HAIL IN BELLVUE.

218 PM               CLAY, TX          SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNED
                                       JUST SOUTH OF BELLVUE.

KJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha33 min
Apr 26, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson40 min
Apr 26, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love40 min
Apr 26, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray47 min
Apr 26, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray28 min
Apr 26, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson44 min
Apr 26, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc48 min
Apr 26, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson47 min
Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc50 min
Apr 26, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter35 min
Apr 26, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie53 min
Apr 26, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal51 min
Apr 26, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes51 min
Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray52 min
Apr 26, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens49 min
Apr 26, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove68 min
Apr 26, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc68 min
Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPushmataha28 min
Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPushmataha47 min
Apr 26, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMarshall44 min
Apr 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie62 min
Apr 26, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan55 min
Apr 26, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove44 min
Apr 26, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan27 min
Apr 26, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove43 min
Apr 26, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw57 min
Apr 26, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher41 min
Apr 26, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay51 min
Apr 26, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher50 min
Apr 26, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNArcher33 min
Apr 26, 12:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNArcher36 min
Apr 26, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay64 min
Apr 26, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay29 min
Apr 26, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher41 min
Apr 26, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay30 min
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay13 min
Apr 26, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay40 min
Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay37 min

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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.