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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK

April 15, 2003Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2003, 7:23 PM CDT for Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 15, 2003, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Hardeman County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -314 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

875 
WFUS54 KOUN 160023
TOROKC
OKC057-065-TXC197-160100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
723 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS
  HARMON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING   
TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ELDORADO...MOVING   
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DUKE...MCQUEEN AND OLUSTEE

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 3449 10010 3436 9999 3456 9936 3476 9959

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham47 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills30 min
Apr 15, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster46 min
Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita48 min
Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson33 min
Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita23 min
Apr 15, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita22 min
Apr 15, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Apr 15, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster43 min
Apr 15, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Tillman40 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Apr 15, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo49 min
Apr 15, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma40 min
Apr 15, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne48 min
Apr 15, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Apr 15, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie48 min
Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter30 min
Apr 15, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman24 min
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman, Wilbarger49 min
Apr 15, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox52 min
Apr 15, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKnox34 min
Apr 15, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger48 min
Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor44 min
Apr 15, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox30 min
Apr 15, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita44 min
Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor48 min
Apr 15, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay41 min
Apr 15, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay46 min
Apr 15, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Wichita49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.