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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2004, 4:49 PM CST for Custer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 27, 2004, 4:49 PM CST (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2004, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Custer County, OK
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
444 WFUS54 KOUN 272249 TOROKC OKC039-272315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 448 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 448 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEATHERFORD AND INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 85. LARGE HAIL WILL AFFECT CLINTON... WEATHERFORD AND INTERSTATE 40. 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 3547 9909 3547 9863 3562 9863 3567 9880 $$ ...SPEG.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Roger Mills | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Washita | 29 min |
| Mar 27, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 32 min |
| Mar 27, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.