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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT for Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 30, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baylor County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 9:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 E Seymour, TX | HAIL LASTED 2 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1039 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 010130 TOROUN TXC023-010215- /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0041.051001T0130Z-051001T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 830 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MABELLE...SEYMOUR...SOUTHWESTERN LAKE DIVERSION AND WESTOVER. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR REINFORCED SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3368 9928 3348 9928 3343 9896 3378 9896 $$ 24
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOUN 010137 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 837 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 TXC023-010215- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-051001T0215Z/ BAYLOR TX- 837 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...A A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR BAYLOR COUNTY... AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTOVER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ROTATION HAD BECOME BROADER...BUT THIS MAY BE A TEMPORARY TREND AND THE STORM COULD BE REORGANIZING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MABELLE...SEYMOUR...SOUTHWESTERN LAKE DIVERSION AND WESTOVER. TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. LAT...LON 3368 9928 3348 9928 3343 9896 3378 9896 $$ 24
000 WWUS54 KOUN 010206 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 905 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 TXC023-010215- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-051001T0215Z/ BAYLOR TX- 905 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...A A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR BAYLOR COUNTY... AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION HAD MOVED EAST INTO ARCHER COUNTY...AND THAT THE ROTATION HAD WEAKENED. HOWEVER...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INTENSIFYING NEAR SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM ALSO WAS BEGINNING TO ROTATE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MABELLE...SEYMOUR...SOUTHWESTERN LAKE DIVERSION AND WESTOVER. LAT...LON 3368 9928 3348 9928 3343 9896 3378 9896 $$ 24
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 30, 2:14 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 2:14 PM CDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 214 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW CONT TO TRACK EAST ACROSS E NM INTO W TX THIS AFTN. HAVE ALREADY SEEN SOME ELEVATED SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY AND EXPECT THIS TO CONT... WITH STORMS EVENTUALLY BECOMING SFC BASED BY LATE THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. MODELS CONT TO SHOW CONSISTENCY IN DEVELOPING STORM COMPLEX ACROSS OUR SOUTHWEST AND THEN SPREADING IT NE OVERNIGHT. THINK MODELS ARE OVERDOING PRECIP AMOUNTS...BUT COULD STILL SEE A SWATH OF 1 TO 1 1/2 FROM SW INTO C OK TONIGHT. LARGER AREA OF PRECIP SHOULD PUSH INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF OK BY SAT AFTN... BUT AS UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE MORE NE THAN E TOMORROW ENOUGH FORCING WILL REMAIN IN AREA THAT WE COULD SEE SOME REDEVELOPMENT BACK TOWARD CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OK SAT AFTN. WILL KEEP SOME LOWER POPS GOING INTO SAT NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS. THINGS DRY OUT AND WARM UP FOR SECOND HALF OF WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS BY MID WEEK. LATEST RUNS SLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE DOWN A FEW HOURS AND WILL MAKE CHANGES BASED ON THIS SLOWER PROGRESSION. WILL KEEP SOME PRECIP CHANCES INTO WED NIGHT WITH A NICE COOL DOWN BEGINNING ON WED ACROSS THE NORTH AND CONT ON THU/FRI. TEMP FORECAST FOR WED COULD BE ANOTHER DAY LIKE THIS LAST WED... WHEN WE SAW 100 DEGREE TEMPS ALONG THE RED RIVER AND TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 60S IN THE NW... IF STRONG LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE DEVELOPS SOUTH OF SFC FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 63 80 68 88 / 90 60 20 10 HOBART OK 64 85 68 91 / 80 30 10 10 WICHITA FALLS TX 66 88 70 92 / 80 40 10 10 GAGE OK 59 85 65 90 / 30 20 10 10 PONCA CITY OK 63 78 68 88 / 70 60 30 10 DURANT OK 66 83 69 89 / 60 60 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 30
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 7:36 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
736 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011300-
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATIONS...
THE SEVERE RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE
35.
TIMING...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY. HOWEVER...
ISOLATED INTENSE SUPERCELLS COULD PRODUCE LARGER HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
TENNIS BALLS.
DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL
CONTINUE TO INDUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS ON THE MARGINAL SIDE...DEEP LAYER
WIND SHEAR IS VERY STRONG...AND THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE STRONG
STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION...A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND
ENHANCE LIFT OVER THE REGION. STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED
TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY OCT 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...100 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY MORNING... MOVING MOSTLY EAST OF THE AREA BY
SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER STRONG
COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED
AT 7 AM SATURDAY...OCTOBER 1ST.
11In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 8:14 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 814 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 OKZ017-023-010130- BLAINE OK-CADDO OK- 814 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLAINE AND CADDO COUNTIES. A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF EAKLY AT 814 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TOWARD NORTHERN CADDO AND SOUTHERN BLAINE COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND 900 PM. PEOPLE IN BLAINE AND CADDO COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED. SMITH
Local storm report, Sep 30, 8:19 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
819 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0818 PM HAIL SEYMOUR 33.60N 99.26W
09/30/2005 1.25 INCH BAYLOR TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JLP/JHLocal storm report, Sep 30, 8:24 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
824 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0818 PM HAIL 9 E CORDELL 35.30N 98.82W
09/30/2005 0.75 INCH WASHITA OK PUBLIC
&&
JLP/JHSpecial weather statement, Sep 30, 8:25 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 825 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 TXZ089-010145- ARCHER TX- 825 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DUNDEE AT 825 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. PEOPLE IN ARCHER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DUNDEE...MANKINS AND ARCHER CITY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM VERY CLOSELY. WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. SMITH
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 829 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 OKZ038-010145- COMANCHE OK- 829 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COMANCHE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF CACHE AT 829 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM INTENSITY WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING AT IT MOVES NORTHEAST. PEOPLE IN COMANCHE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAWTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 829 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 OKZ038-010145- COMANCHE OK- 829 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COMANCHE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF CACHE AT 829 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING AT IT MOVES NORTHEAST. PEOPLE IN COMANCHE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAWTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 40 min |
| Sep 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 31 min |
| Sep 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Baylor | 23 min |
| Sep 30, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 69 min |
| Sep 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 79 min |
| Sep 30, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 48 min |
| Sep 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 48 min |
| Sep 30, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 65 min |
| Oct 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 33 min |
| Oct 1, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.