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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

April 11, 2002Garfield County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2002, 11:32 PM CDT for Garfield County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2002, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Garfield County, OK, Noble County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 120432
TOROKC
OKC047-103-120500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1130 PM CDT THU APR 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
  NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1130 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BILLINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
15 MPH.

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY TELEVISION WEATHER SPOTTERS 2 MILES EAST 
OF BILLINGS AT 1110 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BILLINGS AND GARBER

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 3659 9745 3645 9761 3627 9751 3642 9720

WR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay45 min
Apr 11, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant53 min
Apr 11, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant47 min
Apr 11, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant3 hr
Apr 11, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield, Grant31 min
Apr 11, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield, Noble30 min
Apr 11, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay43 min
Apr 12, 5:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward43 min
Apr 12, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis38 min
Apr 12, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis27 min
Apr 12, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster31 min
Apr 12, 8:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham24 min
Apr 12, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa41 min
Apr 12, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa46 min
Apr 12, 9:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo38 min
Apr 12, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche62 min
Apr 12, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady47 min
Apr 12, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens49 min
Apr 12, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Stephens49 min
Apr 12, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love34 min
Apr 12, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove61 min
Apr 12, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens28 min
Apr 12, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson44 min
Apr 12, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens50 min
Apr 12, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.