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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2005, 5:54 PM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 19, 2005, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2005, 6:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 16 N Mooreland, OK | BARN DOORS BLOWN IN. MULTIPLE TREE LIMBS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES DOWNED. |
| Oct 19, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 90 | 16 N Mooreland, OK | ESTIMATED WIND GUST. |
| Oct 19, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 21 N Mooreland, OK | MEASURED WIND GUST BY OKLAHOMA MESONET. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 192255 TOROUN OKC153-192345- /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0045.051019T2254Z-051019T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 554 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THE WOODWARD AND HARPER COUNTY LINE AT 605 PM CDT. ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK AROUND 615 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANYTIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON 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. LAT...LON 3679 9927 3659 9927 3660 9899 3678 9915 $$ BURKE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOUN 192310 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 609 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 OKC153-192345- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-051019T2345Z/ WOODWARD OK- 609 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...A A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WOODWARD COUNTY... AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK. THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE WALLS. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER. LAT...LON 3679 9927 3665 9928 3664 9903 3678 9915 $$ JAMES
000 WWUS54 KOUN 192320 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 619 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 OKC153-192345- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-051019T2345Z/ WOODWARD OK- 619 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WOODWARD COUNTY... AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK. THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. ABANDON 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. 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 3679 9927 3667 9922 3664 9903 3678 9915 $$ JAMES
000 WWUS54 KOUN 192326 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 626 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 OKC153-192336- /O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-051019T2345Z/ WOODWARD OK- 626 PM CDT WED OCT 19 2005 ...THE A TORNADO WARNING FOR WOODWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO-PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST INTO WOODS COUNTY. THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WOODWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3679 9927 3667 9922 3664 9903 3678 9915 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 46 min |
| Oct 19, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 48 min |
| Oct 19, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 44 min |
| Oct 19, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major, Woodward | 41 min |
| Oct 19, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 41 min |
| Oct 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 40 min |
| Oct 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 61 min |
| Oct 19, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 31 min |
| Oct 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 66 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.