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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Norman, OK

March 27, 2004Custer County, Oklahoma

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 12:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 12:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham49 min
Mar 27, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis45 min
Mar 27, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward40 min
Mar 27, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love, Marshall45 min
Mar 27, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham49 min
Mar 27, 1:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis31 min
Mar 27, 1:17 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNDewey, Woodward28 min
Mar 27, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNWoodward31 min
Mar 27, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Roger Mills44 min
Mar 27, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey42 min
Mar 27, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita33 min
Mar 27, 2:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNWoodward32 min
Mar 27, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster48 min
Mar 27, 2:45 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward30 min
Mar 27, 2:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCuster37 min
Mar 27, 2:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer49 min
Mar 27, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes49 min
Mar 27, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNWoods31 min
Mar 27, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita41 min
Mar 27, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Dewey30 min
Mar 27, 3:39 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa51 min
Mar 27, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita45 min
Mar 27, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey45 min
Mar 27, 4:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita43 min
Mar 27, 4:31 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNWashita29 min
Mar 27, 4:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher46 min
Mar 27, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCuster32 min
Mar 27, 5:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward46 min
Mar 27, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield45 min
Mar 27, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo49 min
Mar 27, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward48 min
Mar 27, 5:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield47 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.