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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

May 26, 2000Caddo County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2000, 7:07 PM CDT for Caddo County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2000, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Caddo County, OK, Washita County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 7:10 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Colony, OK
May 26, 7:12 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Bridgeport, OK
May 26, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Colony, OK	This tornado formed 2 miles south-southeast of Colony in Washita County and was seen by several storm chasers moving slowly eastward, but at times appeared to move back westward, before reaching the Washita/Caddo County line at 1828 CST and dissipating. Tree b
May 26, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Eakly, OK	This tornado formed in Washita County and dissipated on the Washita/Caddo Couny line.
May 26, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Eakly, OK	This tornado formed 1.5 miles east southeast of Eakly in Caddo County, lasting for just a few seconds before dissipating. No damage occurred, and thus the tornado 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
May 26, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 26, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 11.7

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The text

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

793 
WFUS54 KOUN 270008
TOROKC
OKC015-149-270045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
707 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEAST WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 707 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE
  STORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLONY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COLONY...HINTON AND LOOKEBA

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 3552 9832 3543 9875 3531 9872 3532 9831

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	49 min
May 26, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian	27 min
May 26, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	25 min
May 26, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	53 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	48 min
May 26, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	55 min
May 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Washita	59 min
May 26, 8:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo	3 hr
May 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	46 min
May 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	47 min
May 26, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	32 min
May 26, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	34 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	47 min
May 26, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	47 min
May 26, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	45 min
May 26, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	48 min
May 27, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	43 min
May 27, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	39 min
May 27, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	62 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	47 min
May 27, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	39 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.