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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2000, 6:43 PM CST for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 26, 2000, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Atoka County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Daisy, OK | This tornado formed about 2.5 miles east of Daisy in extreme eastern Atoka County and was confirmed by a damage survey from a National Weather Service meteorologist. The tornado tracked for approximately 1/2 mile and sheared in half numerous large trees on or |
| Mar 26, 7:05 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Daisy, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 270046 TOROKC OKC005-270115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 643 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTERME NORTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 715 PM CST * AT 643 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF DAISY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DAISY TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TOh AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TURNPIKE OVERPASSES. LAT...LON 3460 9568 3460 9583 3452 9574 3451 9567 ...SPEG.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 45 min |
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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.