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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Norman, OK

May 7, 1997Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1997, 8:10 PM CDT for Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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
May 7, 1997, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1997-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1687 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 1997-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 080113 RRA
TOROKC
OKC071-103-080200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
810 PM CDT WED MAY 07 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     KAY AND NORTHERN NOBLE

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BILLINGS...BLACKWELL...MARLAND...PONCA CITY AND TONKAWA

AT 810 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE I-35 AND
HIGHWAY 60 INTERSECTION NORTHWEST OF TONKAWA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN KAY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY
IN THE TONKAWA AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.

TAKE COVER NOW.  ABANDON MOBIrLE 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 3652  9696 3653  9744 3685  9744 3678  9702

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant, Kay39 min
May 7, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis41 min
May 7, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant45 min
May 7, 8:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant3 hr
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills60 min
May 7, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay, Noble40 min
May 7, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKay3 hr
May 7, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham53 min
May 7, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay46 min
May 7, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills45 min
May 7, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita43 min
May 7, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon42 min
May 7, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant52 min
May 7, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon51 min
May 7, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Custer, Kiowa, Washita62 min
May 7, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey62 min
May 7, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson39 min
May 7, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady50 min
May 7, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher62 min
May 7, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma55 min
May 7, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain55 min
May 7, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNNoble3 hr
May 8, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson39 min
May 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman45 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman46 min
May 8, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton53 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman47 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.