Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 17, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Woodward County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Mooreland, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 172315 TOROKC OKC153-172345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 613 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 613 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 608 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODWARD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK 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. $$ CJS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 51 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.