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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Norman, OK

May 19, 2001Beckham County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2001, 2:14 PM CDT for Beckham County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2001, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Beckham County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 2:39 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ECarter, OK
May 19, 2:44 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EElk City, OK

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2851 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 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
2851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
18.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills49 min
May 19, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills41 min
May 19, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham48 min
May 19, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham40 min
May 19, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa49 min
May 19, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche39 min
May 19, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens48 min
May 19, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
May 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray52 min
May 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove52 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.