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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Norman, OK

June 13, 2000Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2000, 11:58 PM CDT for Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 13, 2000, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2000, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 64 M	Mooreland, OK	Wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.

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
Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 368 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 140459
TOROKC
OKC151-153-140530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1158 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1158 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE
  STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE
  PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK

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 3674 9928 3656 9929 3652 9896 3675 9893

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	37 min
Jun 13, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	33 min
Jun 13, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	46 min
Jun 13, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Harper	3 hr
Jun 13, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woodward	42 min
Jun 14, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	44 min
Jun 14, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	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.