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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Norman, OK

October 21, 2000Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 21, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cotton County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2000-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2000-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 212311
TOROKC

OKC033-212345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
610 PM CDT SAT OCT 21 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 600 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE WALTERS AREA BY THE 
WALTERS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AT 610 PM... RADAR INDICATES 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SIGNS OF ROTATION... IN A BAND FROM NORTH OF 
WALTERS EXTENDING SOUTH TO NEAR RANDLETT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING 
NORTH AT AROUND 20 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COOKIETOWN...RANDLETT...TEMPLE AND
  WALTERS

TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

ALTHOUGH TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS LIKELY WILL BE WEAK...
THEY CAN STILL PRODUCE DAMAGE AND INJURY. MOVE TO SHELTER INDOORS AND
S~TAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3413 9852 3414 9821 3446 9820 3445 9849

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.