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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 2007Carter County, Garvin County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2007, 7:33 PM CDT for Carter County, Garvin County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 10, 2007, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carter County, OK, Garvin County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 10, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 358 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 110035
TOROUN
OKC019-049-110100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0009.070411T0033Z-070411T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN GARVIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES  
  SOUTH OF PERNELL...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS ARE
  REPORTING STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AND A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP
  QUICKLY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FOSTER...PERNELL...POOLEVILLE AND
  TATUMS.

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 3465 9756 3446 9756 3437 9736 3458 9736

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KOUN 110100
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
757 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

OKC019-049-110107-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070411T0100Z/
GARVIN OK-CARTER OK-
757 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARTER AND GARVIN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 800
PM CDT...

THE ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GARVIN COUNTY FOR SEVERE 
STORMS IN SOUTHERN GARVIN COUNTY SOUTH OF WYNNEWOOD AND ANOTHER 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF STRATFORD. THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF 
CARTER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3465 9756 3446 9756 3437 9736 3458 9736

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
627 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

.UPDATE...
MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO POP FORECAST FOR TONIGHT...PRIMARILY RAISING
POPS ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY AND LOWERING
POPS ACROSS WESTERN/SOUTHWEST PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS.
MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY...AT LEAST DEEP CONVECTION...IS EXPECTED TO
SHIFT EAST OF OUR CWA TOWARD MIDNIGHT. BLOWING DUST WAS ALSO ADDED
TO FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS COUNTIES.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 324 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007/

DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
WILL MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... BRINGING A
GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA. THE LOW WILL THEN TURN NORTHEAST
TOMORROW... AND WE WILL HAVE ONE DAY OF TRANQUIL WEATHER.

THE NEXT MAIN STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BEGIN AFFECTING OUR
FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. THE ECMWF WAS AGAIN THE MODEL OF CHOICE
FOR THIS FORECAST... EXCEPT FOR THE PROBABLY-TOO-FAR-SOUTH
POSITION OF THE SURFACE LOW. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE A
WARM FRONT ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY... SOMEWHERE...
THAT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IN
ADDITION... ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE FRONT SHOULD SUPPORT ELEVATED
PRECIPITATION... ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AS IS
OFTEN THE CASE... MODEL DEPICTIONS OF THE STORM ON FRIDAY ARE A
BIT SLOWER... SUGGESTING THE CONTINUED CHANCE OF STORMS ACROSS AT
LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA. AFTER THE STORM
DEPARTS ON SATURDAY... THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER
UNTIL ABOUT TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

TEMPERATURE FORECASTS ARE TRICKY TODAY... PARTICULARLY FOR DAYTIME
HIGHS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ASSUMING THAT THE WARM FRONT
DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED... AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER THAN THOSE TO THE SOUTH. AND... OF COURSE...
THE EXACT POSITION OF THE FRONT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE
THAT FAR OUT.

WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING OVER OUR
FAR WESTERN COUNTIES... BUT SHOULD DECREASE QUICKLY TOWARD SUNSET.
WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME QUITE STRONG THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  43  68  44  65 /  60  10  10  20
HOBART OK         41  68  44  69 /  30  10  10  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  48  72  48  74 /  30  10  10  20
GAGE OK           34  67  37  63 /  40  10  10  30
PONCA CITY OK     41  65  41  61 /  40  10  10  20
DURANT OK         52  71  48  72 /  60  10  10  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

11/22

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
345 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111200-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
345 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CLINTON TO
CHICKASHA TO ATOKA...AND INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM
THROUGH 10 PM.

IMPACTS...
ELEVATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN TO BE INVOLVED IN SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

DISCUSSION...
AT MID AFTERNOON AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED IN THE
NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST FROM THE
LOW INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING
THROUGH THE CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE AIR MASS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA HAD BECOME MORE UNSTABLE...AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. GIVEN THE
AMOUNT OF WIND SHEAR IN PLACE...ELEVATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED...AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS AS WELL AS
DAMAGING WINDS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY APR 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...60 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... MAINLY OVER
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS A POWERFUL STORM
SYSTEM PUSHES A DRY LINE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER
POTENTIAL MAY LAST INTO FRIDAY EVENING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS
STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES THIS WEEKEND... POSSIBLY INCLUDING PARTS
OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS ON FRIDAY. SPOTTER GROUPS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECAST
INFORMATION FOR LATE IN THE WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
WEDNESDAY.

15/11

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
632 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

OKZ027-102345-
GRADY OK-
632 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRADY COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF RUSH SPRINGS AT
632 PM CDT...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM IS
CURRENTLY IN NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY BUT WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN GRADY COUNTY BEFORE 645 PM.

PEOPLE IN GRADY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:09 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
709 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0708 PM     HAIL             6 NE BRAY               34.67N 97.74W
04/10/2007  E1.75 INCH       STEPHENS           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JPIKE

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:12 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
712 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0702 PM     HAIL             3 NE MARLOW             34.67N 97.92W
04/10/2007  E1.75 INCH       STEPHENS           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

0702 PM     HAIL             6 S RUSH SPRINGS        34.69N 97.96W
04/10/2007  E1.75 INCH       GRADY              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:13 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
713 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0703 PM     HAIL             4 E MARLOW              34.64N 97.89W
04/10/2007  E0.88 INCH       STEPHENS           OK   PUBLIC

&&

JPIKE

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 7:20 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

OKZ028-040-110045-
MCCLAIN OK-GARVIN OK-
720 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARVIN AND MCCLAIN COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAYNE AT 720
PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

BURKE

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
732 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0731 PM     HAIL             9 W ELMORE CITY         34.62N 97.55W
04/10/2007  E0.88 INCH       STEPHENS           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JPIKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	34 min
Apr 10, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	51 min
Apr 10, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray	44 min
Apr 10, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	42 min
Apr 10, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	25 min
Apr 10, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	36 min
Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	38 min
Apr 10, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	47 min
Apr 10, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	24 min
Apr 10, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	47 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.