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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Norman, OK

April 30, 2004Love County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT for Love County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2004, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Love County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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 30, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

898 
WFUS54 KOUN 302130
TOROKC
OKC085-302200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
430 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOVE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUBOTTOM...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BURNEYVILLE...COURTNEY...LEON...
  MARIETTA...OVERBROOK...RUBOTTOM AND SOUTHERN LAKE MURRAY

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS
DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER.

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 3407 9753 3388 9755 3383 9707 3407 9701

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton43 min
Apr 29, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman35 min
Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton52 min
Apr 29, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton34 min
Apr 29, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa38 min
Apr 30, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa44 min
Apr 30, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa3 hr
Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton48 min
Apr 30, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson59 min
Apr 30, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson62 min
Apr 30, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson44 min
Apr 30, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson53 min
Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer48 min
Apr 30, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa23 min
Apr 30, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson43 min
Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJefferson3 hr
Apr 30, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love61 min
Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pottawatomie47 min
Apr 30, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo49 min
Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady35 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove46 min
Apr 30, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall51 min
Apr 30, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian49 min
Apr 30, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan67 min
Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan46 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall25 min
Apr 30, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble37 min
Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne31 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.