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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2004, 2:45 PM CST for Major County, Woods County, Woodward 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
- Mar 27, 2004, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2004, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
528
WFUS54 KOUN 272045
TOROKC
OKC093-151-153-272115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
245 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
EXTREME EASTERN WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 315 PM CST
* AT 245 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNOKA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LITTLE SAHARA STATE PARK AND
WAYNOKA.
THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WILL PASS NEAR BOUSE
JUNCTION... OR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 281 AND 412.
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 3638 9909 3623 9902 3642 9853 3659 9858
3666 9885
$$
...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, 2:53 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, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 26 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.