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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 2007Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2007, 6:42 PM CDT for Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 10, 2007, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grady County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 10, 7:02 PM CDTHAIL 1.756 S Rush Springs, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 312 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
480 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 102343
TOROUN
OKC051-110015-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0007.070410T2342Z-070411T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
642 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  RUSH SPRINGS...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUSH SPRINGS.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO... GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WILL 
BE POSSIBLE IN THE ACME AND RUSH SPRINGS AREA.

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 3484 9809 3469 9809 3468 9787 3479 9788

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche34 min
Apr 10, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens34 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.