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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Norman, OK

May 29, 2001Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2001, 10:13 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 7 reports 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, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2001, 10:45 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, 10:13 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Quanah, TX
May 29, 10:15 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Acme, TX
May 29, 10:21 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Quanah, TX	This was a large tornado, observed by many persons, but only produced F1 damage. The tornado formed about 3 miles east of Quanah and tracked east-southeast for 8 miles before dissipating. As the tornado crossed Highway 287, a semi-truck, which pulled to the si
May 29, 10:25 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Quanah, TX
May 29, 10:33 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Chillicothe, TX
May 29, 10:33 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 87 M	Chillicothe, TX
May 29, 10:54 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Chillicothe, TX	Damage to buildings, trees, power poles, and other infrastructure was sustained city-wide.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 300316
TOROKC
TXC197-300345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1013 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1013 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF QUANAH...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHILLICOTHE...GOODLETT AND QUANAH

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM CONTAINS DAMAGING 
HAIL. GOLFBALL HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF ACME AT 1012 PM.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND
VEHICLES FOR REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3451 9998 3422 9990 3419 9947 3438 9948

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hardeman	32 min
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, 10:39 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.