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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

May 6, 1994Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1994, 5:19 PM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 1994, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kay County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Northern Kildare, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 062220
TOROKC
OKC071-062245-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
519 PM CDT FRI MAY 06 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     KAY

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     KILDARE...NEWKIRK AND PONCA CITY

AT 519 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO AND SPOTTERS REPORTED
A FUNNEL HALF WAY TO THE GROUND 2 MILES NORTH OF PONCA CITY.

THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA UNTIL 1000PM CDT.


LAT...LON 3673  9693 3674  9716 3693  9715 3695  9681

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	51 min
May 6, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	50 min
May 6, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	48 min
May 6, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	4 hr
May 6, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	45 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kay	35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.