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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Norman, OK

May 21, 2011Johnston County, Murray County, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2011, 6:54 PM CDT for Johnston County, Murray County, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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 21, 2011, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnston County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 21, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 N Sulphur, OK
May 21, 7:40 PM CDTTORNADO1 Ese Hickory, OKMULTIPLE REPORTS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2011-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 2011-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-375 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
321 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.

520 
WFUS54 KOUN 212354
TOROUN
OKC069-099-123-220045-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0031.110521T2354Z-110522T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
654 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SULPHUR...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HICKORY...ROFF...SCULLIN AND
  SULPHUR.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3466 9681 3446 9674 3445 9703 3454 9707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 237DEG 12KT 3451 9699

$$


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2 follow-up statements
209 
WWUS54 KOUN 220011
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
711 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

OKC069-099-123-220045-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110522T0045Z/
MURRAY OK-JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-
711 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PONTOTOC...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND EASTERN MURRAY
COUNTIES...

AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SULPHUR...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HICKORY...ROFF...SCULLIN AND
  SULPHUR.

LAT...LON 3449 9698 3456 9702 3466 9681 3446 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 256DEG 17KT 3453 9691

$$


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559 
WWUS54 KOUN 220025
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
725 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

OKC069-099-123-220045-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110522T0045Z/
MURRAY OK-JOHNSTON OK-PONTOTOC OK-
725 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PONTOTOC...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND NORTHEASTERN MURRAY
COUNTIES...

AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HICKORY...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HICKORY...ROFF AND SCULLIN.

LAT...LON 3452 9691 3459 9695 3466 9681 3448 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 256DEG 17KT 3454 9684

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 8:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNLincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie62 min
May 21, 1:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNCotton26 hr
May 21, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray9 min
May 21, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray, Pontotoc44 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.