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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2005, 9:02 PM CDT for Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2005, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Alfalfa County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Aline, OK | 1 FT DIAMETER TREES DOWN. POWER POLES DOWN. SHINGLES OFF ROOF. |
| Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Carmen, OK | 1 FT DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLES DOWN. |
| Jun 16, 9:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Aline, OK | ESTIMATED WIND GUST |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 3238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 170201 TOROUN OKC003-170230- /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0039.050617T0202Z-050617T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 902 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARMEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALINE...CARMEN...GOLTRY AND HELENA 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 3668 9852 3647 9854 3647 9809 3656 9811 $$ 30
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOUN 170222 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 920 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 OKC003-170230- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050617T0230Z/ ALFALFA OK- 920 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR ALFALFA COUNTY... AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCWILLIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALINE...CARMEN...GOLTRY AND HELENA LAT...LON 3668 9852 3647 9854 3647 9809 3656 9811 $$ 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Kingfisher, Major | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Dewey, Kingfisher, Major | 19 min |
| Jun 16, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 4 more | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher and 3 more | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Pottawatomie | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| Jun 17, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.