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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 1:55 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- May 27, 2000, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2000, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 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, 2:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Windthorst, TX | |
| May 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Windthorst, TX | |
| May 27, 2:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Windthorst, TX |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
534 WFUS54 KOUN 271857 TOROKC TXC009-271930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 155 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST ARCHER COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 155 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF WINDTHORST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15TO 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...OR LARGER. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST ARCHER COUNTY...EAST OF HIGHWAY 79. 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 3361 9843 3354 9868 3341 9866 3341 9842 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, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Archer | 36 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 |
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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.