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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2006, 7:31 PM CDT for Jackson County, Tillman County, Oklahoma; Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- May 2, 2006, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 030033 CCA TOROUN OKC065-141-TXC487-030115- /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0021.060503T0031Z-060503T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 731 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WILBARGER COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 731 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF WHITE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FARGO...WHITE CITY...AND DOANS.. 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 3447 9938 3422 9938 3426 9908 3448 9908 $$ BURKE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KOUN 030043 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 742 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 OKC065-141-TXC487-030115- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060503T0115Z/ JACKSON OK-TILLMAN OK-WILBARGER TX- 742 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WILBARGER...TILLMAN AND JACKSON COUNTIES... AT 742 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS INDICATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...THIS VERY SEVERE STORM WILL PRODUCE INTENSE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE...WITH WIND SPEEDS APPROACHING 90 MPH EAST OF FARGO...TOWARD HIGHWAY 183 FROM MANITOU TO ELLIOTT...INCLUDING FREDERICK. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS NOW * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DAVIDSON AROUND 750 PM CDT... FREDERICK AROUND 755 PM CDT... LAT...LON 3447 9938 3414 9936 3417 9895 3452 9896 $$ BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 2, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 41 min |
| May 2, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 61 min |
| May 2, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 57 min |
| May 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 64 min |
| May 2, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 44 min |
| May 2, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 33 min |
| May 2, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 63 min |
| May 2, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 30 min |
| May 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 35 min |
| May 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 39 min |
| May 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 66 min |
| May 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 40 min |
| May 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 44 min |
| May 2, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.