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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Norman, OK

April 23, 2003Carter County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2003, 8:53 PM CDT for Carter County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2003, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2003, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carter County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 23, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2003-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2003-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 385 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
385 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

860 
WFUS54 KOUN 240153
TOROKC
OKC019-240220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
853 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 920 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RATLIFF CITY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAHAM...POOLEVILLE...RATLIFF CITY
  AND TATUMS

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 3445 9757 3429 9756 3432 9736 3451 9735
          3451 9756

$$

WR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens24 min
Apr 23, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin50 min
Apr 23, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson48 min
Apr 23, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain30 min
Apr 23, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie48 min
Apr 23, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens44 min
Apr 23, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens33 min
Apr 23, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole44 min
Apr 23, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie34 min
Apr 23, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens46 min
Apr 23, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray37 min
Apr 23, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Pontotoc32 min
Apr 23, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole44 min
Apr 23, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain42 min
Apr 23, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal34 min
Apr 23, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes46 min
Apr 23, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc32 min
Apr 23, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal28 min
Apr 24, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey27 min
Apr 24, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey, Major63 min
Apr 24, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods47 min
Apr 24, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant43 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.