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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Norman, OK

May 27, 2000Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 1:24 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2000, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Archer County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Archer City, TX	This tornado formed 1 mile south of Archer City. Minor damage was sustained to the roof of a tin barn, and some fences were damage, which is consistent with an F0 rating.

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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.9

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The text

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

790 
WFUS54 KOUN 271825
TOROKC
TXC009-271900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
124 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ARCHER COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 124 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCHER 
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCHER CITY...SCOTLAND AND
  WINDTHORST

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 3365 9871 3349 9862 3354 9842 3376 9846
 MILLER

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	Wilbarger	49 min
May 27, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	59 min
May 27, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Archer	35 min
May 27, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	43 min
May 27, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	32 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	40 min
May 27, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	30 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	46 min

Nearby

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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.