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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Norman, OK

May 19, 2011Caddo County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 4:25 PM CDT for Caddo County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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 19, 2011, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Kiowa County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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
May 19, 4:39 PM CDTHAIL 13 N Cooperton, OKHWYS 19/54
May 19, 4:49 PM CDTHAIL 2.7510 Ene Cooperton, OKHWYS 115/19

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
May 19, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2011-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1483 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
1483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

708 
WFUS54 KOUN 192125
TOROUN
OKC015-031-075-192200-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0025.110519T2125Z-110519T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
425 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COOPERTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COOPERTON AND NORTHWESTERN WICHITA
  MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3506 9863 3484 9857 3477 9894 3494 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 255DEG 23KT 3488 9886

$$
2 follow-up statements
910 
WWUS54 KOUN 192142
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
442 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

OKC015-031-075-192200-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110519T2200Z/
CADDO OK-KIOWA OK-COMANCHE OK-
442 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...EASTERN KIOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CADDO
COUNTIES...

AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
COOPERTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE 
STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF KIOWA COUNTY TO THE 
NORTHEAST OF COOPERTON. IN ADDITION...VERY LARGE HAIL CAN BE 
EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST PARTS OF KIOWA...AND FAR NORTHWEST COMANCHE 
COUNTIES.    

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COOPERTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE.
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 3484 9887 3494 9888 3506 9863 3484 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 266DEG 14KT 3492 9881

$$
874 
WWUS54 KOUN 192158
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
458 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

OKC015-031-075-192207-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110519T2200Z/
CADDO OK-KIOWA OK-COMANCHE OK-
458 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...EASTERN
KIOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CADDO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM
CDT...

THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED AND THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. 
HOWEVER...VERY LARGE HAIL...TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...IS STILL 
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 

LAT...LON 3484 9887 3494 9888 3506 9863 3484 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 266DEG 14KT 3492 9873

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 4:51 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa6 hr
May 19, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson66 min
May 19, 1:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham30 min
May 19, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Harmon29 min
May 19, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills, Washita38 min
May 19, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon40 min
May 19, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Roger Mills47 min
May 19, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson57 min
May 19, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Washita48 min
May 19, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills45 min
May 19, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa48 min
May 19, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills27 min
May 19, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey44 min
May 19, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward43 min
May 19, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita44 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Major, Woodward19 min
May 19, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita52 min
May 19, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson23 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita44 min
May 19, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa36 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman31 min
May 19, 5:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa3 hr
May 19, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita62 min
May 19, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa33 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo31 min
May 19, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman49 min
May 19, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo33 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady44 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Kiowa3 hr
May 19, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman63 min
May 19, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.