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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2000, 4:27 PM CST for Jackson County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
- Feb 22, 2000, 4:27 PM CST (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2000, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 4:30 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Headrick, OK | |
| Feb 22, 4:37 PM CST | Hail 1 | Humphreys, OK | |
| Feb 22, 4:38 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Headrick, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 222228 TOROKC OKC065-075-222315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 427 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 427 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEADRICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HEADRICK...ROOSEVELT AND TOM STEED RESERVOIR THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. 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 3458 9929 3452 9921 3480 9889 3489 9909 ANDRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 31 min |
| Feb 22, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 25 min |
| Feb 22, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 49 min |
| Feb 22, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 38 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.