Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 7:24 PM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
- May 4, 2007, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 5 N Sharon, OK | |
| May 4, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 S Woodward, OK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KOUN 050025 TOROUN OKC153-050100- /O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0021.070505T0024Z-070505T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 724 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SHARON. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS 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. TAKE SHELTER NOW. LAT...LON 3631 9952 3621 9939 3628 9916 3641 9922 $$ WR
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOUN 050032 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 732 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 OKC153-050100- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ WOODWARD OK- 732 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WOODWARD COUNTY... AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SHARON. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS OR LARGER. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANYTIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3633 9952 3621 9939 3628 9916 3641 9922 $$ WR
000 WWUS54 KOUN 050040 CCA SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 732 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 OKC153-050100- /O.COR.KOUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ WOODWARD OK- 732 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WOODWARD COUNTY... AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN WOODWARD AND TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF WOODWARD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOORELAND...SHARON AND WOODWARD. LAT...LON 3644 9945 3624 9939 3628 9916 3649 9918 $$ WR
000 WWUS54 KOUN 050046 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 745 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 OKC153-050100- /O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T0100Z/ WOODWARD OK- 745 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WOODWARD COUNTY... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WOODWARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WOODWARD AND MOORELAND. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS OR LARGER. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANYTIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3650 9942 3633 9941 3637 9915 3655 9916 $$ WR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 24 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 24 min |
| May 5, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 43 min |
| May 5, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 50 min |
| May 5, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 47 min |
| May 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.