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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Norman, OK

May 25, 2000Alfalfa County, Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2000, 11:31 PM CDT for Alfalfa County, Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
May 25, 2000, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 12:07 AM CDTThunderstorm WindCherokee, OKA few large tree limbs were also downed on US Highway 64, 7 miles east-southeast of Cherokee, and 1/2 mile east-southeast of the end of the tornado path in Alfalfa County, but are believed to be the result of straight-line winds.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2000-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1965 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 2000-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

178 
WFUS54 KOUN 260432
TOROKC
OKC003-151-260500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1131 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEAST WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1131 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  CARMEN...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARMEN...CHEROKEE...DACOMA...
  DRIFTWOOD...INGERSOLL AND LAMBERT

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND
VEHICLES FOR REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3657 9872 3645 9856 3675 9813 3692 9834

ANDRA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis39 min
May 25, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward60 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills50 min
May 25, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills51 min
May 25, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis, Woodward3 hr
May 25, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey45 min
May 25, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey51 min
May 25, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWoods3 hr
May 25, 11:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Roger Mills3 hr
May 25, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa31 min
May 26, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa30 min
May 26, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant46 min
May 26, 1:03 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield27 min
May 26, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble51 min
May 26, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman46 min
May 26, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche22 min
May 26, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson40 min
May 26, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens40 min
May 26, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray42 min
May 26, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove42 min
May 26, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Washita52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.