Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2002, 9:10 PM CDT for Beckham County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2002, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Beckham County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 9:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Carter, OK | |
| Apr 17, 9:17 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sayre, OK | |
| Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Sayre, OK | |
| Apr 17, 9:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Sayre, OK | |
| Apr 17, 9:50 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Elk City, OK | |
| Apr 17, 9:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Elk 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 180210 TOROKC OKC009-180245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 909 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BECKHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 909 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAYRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARTER AND SAYRE 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. LAT...LON 3521 9985 3511 9977 3512 9939 3542 9942
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 42 min |
| Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Roger Mills, Woods | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Washita | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major, Woods | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 1:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 33 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.