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Tornado Warning 134, NWS Norman, OK

December 2, 1999Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Dec 2, 1999, 6:58 PM CST for Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 1999, 6:58 PM CST (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 2, 1999, 7:30 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 2, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 1999-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1310 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 1999-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo45 min
Dec 2, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan40 min
Dec 2, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNLogan30 min
Dec 2, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady52 min
Dec 2, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNNoble, Payne30 min
Dec 2, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain66 min
Dec 2, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma66 min
Dec 2, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens42 min
Dec 2, 7:44 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNNoble31 min
Dec 2, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay60 min
Dec 2, 7:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain38 min
Dec 2, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens48 min
Dec 2, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain42 min
Dec 2, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole35 min
Dec 2, 9:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain44 min
Dec 2, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, McClain34 min
Dec 2, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNPottawatomie25 min
Dec 2, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole44 min
Dec 3, 12:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan49 min
Dec 2, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay31 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.