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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Norman, OK

May 30, 2001Archer County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2001, 7:40 PM CDT for Archer County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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 30, 2001, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Archer County, TX, Wichita County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 8:00 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Scotland, TX
May 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Hail 1	Scotland, TX

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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 3359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 310041
TOROKC

TXC009-485-310130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
740 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST ARCHER COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS
  SOUTHEAST WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 740 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE SOUTHWEST 
SIDES OF WICHITA FALLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WICHITA FALLS

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 sFROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

LAT...LON 3392 9842 3394 9861 3369 9865 3364 9843

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	48 min
May 30, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	35 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	47 min
May 30, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Archer	48 min
May 30, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	47 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	47 min
May 30, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	52 min
May 30, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	47 min
May 30, 10:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Archer	3 hr
May 30, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	46 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	49 min
May 30, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	43 min
May 31, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	40 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.