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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2000, 3:28 PM CDT for Foard County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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
- Apr 30, 2000, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Foard County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 3:48 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Crowell, TX | |
| Apr 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Crowell, TX | Powerlines were downed. |
| Apr 30, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Crowell, TX | This tornado was closely intersected by a Doppler-On-Wheels chase team 6 miles west of Crowell. No structures or trees were present to be affected by strong winds, and thus it was rated F0. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 302028 TOROKC TXC155-302100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 328 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FOARD COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 326 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF PADUCAH TEXAS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS STRONG ROTATION SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CROWELL AND MARGARET TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3412 10000 3385 10003 3389 9955 3404 9955
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Archer | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 65 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.