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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT for Comanche County, Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Comanche County, OK, Stephens County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 042314 TOROUN OKC031-137-042345- /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0022.050604T2313Z-050604T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 613 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... STEPHENS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF MARLOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO 1 MILE SOUTH OF PUMPKIN CENTER. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARLOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS. LAT...LON 3463 9829 3451 9821 3468 9781 3472 9809 $$ 24
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOUN 042328 RRA SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 627 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 OKC031-137-042345- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050604T2345Z/ COMANCHE OK-STEPHENS OK- 627 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR STEPHENS AND COMANCHE COUNTIES... AT 627 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARLOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARLOW THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS CYCLING THROUGH SEVERAL STAGES OF CIRCULATION REFORMATION. THE LATEST RADAR INDICATION OF CIRCULATION IS A NEW CENTER THAT IS ORGANIZING EAST OF THE ORIGINAL STORM CIRCULATION. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS OR LARGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS. LAT...LON 3463 9829 3451 9821 3468 9781 3472 9809 $$ 24
000 WWUS54 KOUN 042340 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 640 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 OKC031-137-042345- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050604T2345Z/ COMANCHE OK-STEPHENS OK- 640 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR STEPHENS AND COMANCHE COUNTIES... AT 640 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED NEAR MARLOW...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARLOW IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS POTENTIALLY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER IS BEST. OTHERWISE...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET OR BATHROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS AND BLANKETS. LAT...LON 3463 9829 3451 9821 3468 9781 3472 9809 $$ 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Stephens | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Stephens | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady, Stephens | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.