Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT for Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Noble County, OK
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KOKC 300045 RRA
TOROKC
OKC103-300130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
NOBLE
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
BILLINGS...MARLAND...PERRY AND RED ROCK
AT 745 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MARLAND MOVING
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH AND
HAIL LARGER THAN BASEBALLS.
TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO
SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3625 9701 3625 9734 3659 9745 3659 9704
...SPEG.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Noble, Payne | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 1:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kay | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 50 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.