Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2011

Tornado Warning 6, NWS Norman, OK

April 14, 2011Lincoln County, Payne County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 18 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 14, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2011, 4:59 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2011-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 2011-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 564 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-508 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
564 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
551 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

669 
WFUS54 KOUN 142141
TOROUN
OKC081-119-142230-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0006.110414T2141Z-110414T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
441 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  AVERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AVERY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3574 9663 3585 9680 3604 9663 3603 9662
      3599 9661 3575 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 233DEG 29KT 3584 9663

$$
1 follow-up statement
995 
WWUS54 KOUN 142159
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
459 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

OKC081-119-142209-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110414T2230Z/
LINCOLN OK-PAYNE OK-
459 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN PAYNE AND
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3574 9663 3585 9680 3604 9663 3603 9662
      3599 9661 3575 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 233DEG 29KT 3593 9649

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:58 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 18 more18 hr
Apr 14, 3:58 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNBeckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 3 more12 hr
Apr 14, 3:58 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Cotton and 18 more42 hr
Apr 14, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter23 min
Apr 14, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne27 min
Apr 14, 3:34 PM CDTFire Weather WatchOUNBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Greer and 6 more13 hr
Apr 14, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc64 min
Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Payne60 min
Apr 14, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie42 min
Apr 14, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole39 min
Apr 14, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc63 min
Apr 14, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Love63 min
Apr 14, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole45 min
Apr 14, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc57 min
Apr 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc61 min
Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Marshall46 min
Apr 14, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole44 min
Apr 14, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc59 min
Apr 14, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall75 min
Apr 14, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc58 min
Apr 14, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole39 min
Apr 14, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal46 min
Apr 14, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray42 min
Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston81 min
Apr 14, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Pontotoc31 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011

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.