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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 2011Custer County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2011, 8:22 PM CDT for Custer County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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
Jun 9, 2011, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Custer County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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
Jun 9, 8:23 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 603 Wsw Hammon, OKREPORT RELAYED VIA KWTV.
Jun 9, 8:31 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Hammon, OK
Jun 9, 8:31 PM CDTHAIL 1Hammon, 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
Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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.

360 
WFUS54 KOUN 100122
TOROUN
OKC039-129-100145-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0072.110610T0122Z-110610T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
822 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HAMMON...MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUTLER...FOSS RESERVOIR...HAMMON
  AND STAFFORD.

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 3573 9902 3552 9905 3561 9950 3571 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 275DEG 24KT 3565 9940

$$
1 follow-up statement
416 
WWUS54 KOUN 100139
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
839 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

OKC129-100148-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110610T0145Z/
ROGER MILLS OK-
839 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EASTERN ROGER MILLS
COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3559 9936 3566 9936 3573 9902 3552 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 275DEG 24KT 3561 9929

$$

OKC039-100145-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110610T0145Z/
CUSTER OK-
839 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOSS RESERVOIR...MOVING EAST AT 30 
MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE CIRCULATION WITH THIS STORM HAS 
WEAKENED AND THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 845 
PM.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUTLER...FOSS RESERVOIR AND
  STAFFORD.

LAT...LON 3559 9936 3566 9936 3573 9902 3552 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 275DEG 24KT 3561 9929

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward45 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor24 min
Jun 9, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills46 min
Jun 9, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods52 min
Jun 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant31 min
Jun 9, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills46 min
Jun 9, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant40 min
Jun 9, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita49 min
Jun 9, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita30 min
Jun 9, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Kingfisher39 min
Jun 9, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods24 min
Jun 9, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Noble60 min
Jun 10, 12:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa36 min
Jun 10, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa36 min
Jun 10, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant, Noble29 min
Jun 10, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Garfield30 min
Jun 10, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady, Lincoln, Oklahoma45 min
Jun 10, 9:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Payne, Pottawatomie25 min
Jun 10, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine23 min
Jun 10, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian19 min
Jun 10, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher64 min
Jun 10, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay58 min
Jun 10, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma19 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.