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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT for Foard County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 30, 2012, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Foard County, TX, Knox County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Nw Truscott, TX | STORM CHASER REPORTED A LARGE RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO. LOCATION IS ESTIMATED. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932
WFUS54 KOUN 302313
TOROUN
TXC155-275-310000-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0050.120530T2313Z-120531T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
613 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FOARD COUNTY IN NORTH TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A TORNADO IS VERY LIKELY NEAR HACKBERRY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF SOUTHWESTERN FOARD AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE TORNADO WILL BE HIDDEN BY RAIN AND YOU MAY NOT SEE IT. DO NOT
WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3406 10003 3398 9985 3393 9973 3371 9990
3372 9993 3377 9999 3383 9999 3384 10005
3405 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 303DEG 14KT 3397 10009
$$
..SPEG.2 follow-up statements
846
WWUS54 KOUN 302322
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
622 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
TXC155-275-310000-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120531T0000Z/
FOARD TX-KNOX TX-
622 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FOARD AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTIES...
AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO
WAS VERY LIKELY OCCURRING NEAR THE COTTLE-FOARD COUNTY LINE WEST OF
CROWELL. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO
THE THREAT OF A TORNADO... THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL LARGER THAN BASEBALLS AND WINDS GUSTS OF 80 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
FOARD AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE TORNADO WILL BE HIDDEN BY RAIN AND YOU MAY NOT SEE IT. DO NOT
WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3406 10003 3398 9985 3393 9973 3371 9990
3372 9993 3377 9999 3383 9999 3384 10005
3405 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 303DEG 14KT 3396 10007
$$
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WWUS54 KOUN 302335
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
635 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
TXC155-275-310000-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120531T0000Z/
FOARD TX-KNOX TX-
635 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FOARD AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTIES...
AT 628 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
OBSERVED A RAIN-WRAPPED TORNADO... APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTHWEST
OF TRUSCOTT. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
FOARD AND NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE TORNADO WILL BE HIDDEN BY RAIN AND YOU MAY NOT SEE IT. DO NOT
WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3406 10003 3398 9985 3393 9973 3371 9990
3372 9993 3377 9999 3383 9999 3384 10005
3405 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 307DEG 21KT 3388 9996
$$
..SPEG.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger | 57 min |
| May 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 65 min |
| May 29, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 36 min |
| May 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 57 min |
| May 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Knox | 60 min |
| May 30, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Knox | 48 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.