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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Norman, OK

May 8, 2007Baylor County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2007, 6:23 PM CDT for Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 8, 2007, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baylor County, TX

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 8, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 8, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 082323
TOROUN
TXC023-090000-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0049.070508T2323Z-070509T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES       
  SOUTHWEST OF WESTOVER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF BAYLOR COUNTY.

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 3342 9919 3342 9909 3365 9895 3365 9919

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOUN 082347
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
647 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

TXC023-090000-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070509T0000Z/
BAYLOR TX-
647 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR BAYLOR
COUNTY...

AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF MABELLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE THE TORNADO WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS OF BAYLOR
  COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3355 9912 3351 9896 3371 9895 3370 9914

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 5:27 AM CDT	Flood Watch	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more	55 hr
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	38 min
May 8, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.