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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Norman, OK

October 22, 2000Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT for Canadian County, Kingfisher 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 22, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2000-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 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 222310
TOROKC

OKC017-073-222345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
610 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE  
STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CONCHO...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 
AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CONCHO...DOVER...KINGFISHER...
  LOYAL AND OKARCHE

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

LAT...LON 3565 9817 3556 9798 3601 9768 3602 9813

CJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman35 min
Oct 22, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche51 min
Oct 22, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady39 min
Oct 22, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian35 min
Oct 22, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc40 min
Oct 22, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady57 min
Oct 22, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.