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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Norman, OK

May 6, 2001Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2001, 3:25 PM CDT for Logan 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
May 6, 2001, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2001-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1014 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 2001-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1014 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 062025
TOROKC
OKC083-062100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF LANGSTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COYLE AND LANGSTON

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

DO NOT STOP UNDER BRIDGES OR HIGHWAY OVERPASSES SINCE THEY OFFER NO
PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS. STOPPING UNDER BRIDGES WILL BLOCK THE
ROAD AND PREVENT YOU AND OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFE SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3591 9743 3586 9743 3584 9716 3597 9719

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon40 min
May 5, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita52 min
May 5, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWashita32 min
May 5, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster25 min
May 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo46 min
May 6, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward38 min
May 6, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods31 min
May 6, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady41 min
May 6, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne67 min
May 6, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady, McClain32 min
May 6, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland54 min
May 6, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan65 min
May 6, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, McClain45 min
May 6, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray48 min
May 6, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland48 min
May 6, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Murray46 min
May 6, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove39 min
May 6, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Payne44 min
May 6, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray30 min
May 6, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter42 min
May 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove46 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie45 min
May 6, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLove45 min
May 6, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Marshall41 min
May 6, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie43 min
May 6, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMarshall46 min
May 6, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter41 min
May 6, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie49 min
May 6, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan, Johnston29 min
May 6, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills41 min
May 6, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall47 min
May 6, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain, Pontotoc39 min
May 6, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan46 min
May 6, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.