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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK

April 26, 1994Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 10:58 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 602 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 4:14 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
400 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

AT 18Z WV IMAGERY INDCD SMALL IMPULSE MOVG OVR ELP ASSOC WITH RRQUAD OF
JET. VERT MOTION AHEAD OF THIS SYS HELPED PRODUCE TORNADIC TRW IN N TX
AND SRN OK ZNS ALG DRYLINE. NGM TRACKS THIS SYS BEST THRU 12Z WED.

MODELS GENERALLY AGREE ON BRINGING STGR UA SYS OVR FA WED AFTN AND NITE
ALG WITH CDFNT. EXPECT SFC LOW TO FORM IN SRN TX PNHNDL AND ALLOW CDFNT
TO WORK INTO NRN ZNS TONITE AFTER MIDNITE MUCH LIKE ETA FCST. SFC WIND
WILL BACK AHD OF THE LOW AND BRING MSTR BACK INTO WRN PTNS OF OK AND N
TX. SHWRS AND TRW PSBL TONITE W/SMALL UA SYS BUT MORE LIKELY ON WED ALG
CDFNT. CONSIDERING TEMPS IN UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S IN CNTRL PLNS THIS
AFTN...WL BE GOING ON THE COOL SIDE OF MOS FOR THOSE AREAS BHND FRONT.
IT WILL BE WARM AHD OF THE FRONT HOWEVER.

IN EXTNDD PD...LOOKS COOL AND DAMP ON FRI THEN ANOTHER CHC FOR RW ON
SUN.

FCSTID=#22/BT

HBR   56  78  55  65 / 20  40  20  0
OKC   56  75  55  65 / 20  40  60  0
SPS   60  83  58  73 / 20  40  20  0
GAG   48  63  48  61 / 20  30  30  0
PNC   50  68  51  61 / 20  30  30  0
DUA   65  85  60  80 / 80  50  60  0

.OKC...NONE.
.jTX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
800 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994
CORRECTED FOR TIME OF OCCURRENCE
TIME               COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT

635 PM             BRYAN              CONFIRMED TORNADO THROUGH
                                      WADE...1-2 MILES LONG...WITH A
                                      TRAILER HOUSE DAMAGED. TREES DOWN
                                      POWER LINES DOWN...HOUSE DAMAGEtD.
                                      ALSO...POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE
                                      IN ACHILLE AND UTICA...AND
                                      BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN KEMP.

CW
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
OKZ026>032-039-040-042-270200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
800 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM HAS BEEN
CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA...

    LINCOLN...GRADY...MCLAIN...CLEVELAND...POTTAWATOMIE...SEMINOLE
    HUGHES...STEPHENS...GARVIN...AND PONTOTOC.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THESE
COUNTIES THIS EVENING.  TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 127 CONTINUES IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

     JEFFERSON...CARTER...MURRAY...JOHNSTON...COAL...ATOKA...AND
     PUSHMATAHA.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130 VALID UNTIL 1 AM CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE
FzOLLOWING COUNTIES...

     LOVE...MARSHALL...BRYAN...AND CHOCTAW.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw54 min
Apr 26, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove51 min
Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan63 min
Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove46 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan4 hr
Apr 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall44 min
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove66 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw46 min
Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall45 min
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall43 min
Apr 26, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan36 min
Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka50 min
Apr 26, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson45 min
Apr 26, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Johnston, Marshall60 min
Apr 26, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha68 min
Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens64 min
Apr 26, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka38 min
Apr 26, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton48 min
Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha52 min
Apr 26, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka63 min
Apr 27, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens63 min
Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Apr 27, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman52 min
Apr 27, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa40 min
Apr 27, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo48 min
Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa35 min
Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche50 min
Apr 27, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon51 min
Apr 27, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita53 min
Apr 27, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian31 min
Apr 27, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills45 min
Apr 27, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher50 min
Apr 27, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster43 min
Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Logan41 min
Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble61 min
Apr 27, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall58 min
Apr 27, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey49 min
Apr 27, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka50 min
Apr 27, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Major51 min
Apr 27, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble44 min
Apr 27, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa43 min
Apr 27, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka57 min
Apr 27, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant43 min
Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant51 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine46 min
Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman52 min
Apr 27, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor49 min
Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay53 min
Apr 27, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa39 min
Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian38 min
Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer43 min
Apr 27, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher39 min
Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa45 min
Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher49 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine45 min
Apr 27, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo46 min
Apr 27, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard46 min
Apr 27, 7:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.