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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2001, 9:13 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Texas. 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
- May 29, 2001, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hardeman County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Goodlett, TX | This tornado was reported by the Department of Public Safety in Chillicothe. The tornado traveled a very short distance before dissipating, and no damage occurred. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 300214 TOROKC TXC197-300245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 913 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HARDEMAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 913 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF GOODLETT...MOVING JUST SOUTH OF DUE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHILLICOTHE...GOODLETT...MEDICINE MOUND AND QUANAH SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO AT 905 PM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILDRESS. GOLFBALL HAIL ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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 BRIDGEPS 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 3455 10000 3424 10000 3410 9951 3436 9952 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 28 min |
| May 29, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 32 min |
| May 29, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 32 min |
| May 29, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman, Wilbarger | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 43 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.