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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 2016Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 10, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 13.4

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The text

As transmitted.

955 
WFUS54 KOUN 110145
TOROUN
TXC485-110230-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0001.160411T0145Z-160411T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
845 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
    
* AT 845 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF ELECTRA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BURKBURNETT AND ELECTRA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER...SAFE ROOM OR AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3400 9891 3408 9891 3414 9857 3413 9856
      3399 9853
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 263DEG 23KT 3404 9883 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

03

2 follow-up statements

750 
WWUS54 KOUN 110158
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
858 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

TXC485-110230-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0230Z/
WICHITA TX-
858 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WICHITA COUNTY...
    
AT 858 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOWA PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURKBURNETT.

LAT...LON 3403 9878 3410 9878 3414 9857 3413 9856
      3402 9854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 259DEG 24KT 3406 9872 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

03

731 
WWUS54 KOUN 110217
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
917 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

TXC485-110230-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160411T0230Z/
WICHITA TX-
917 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY...
    
AT 917 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BURKBURNETT...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURKBURNETT.

LAT...LON 3403 9861 3407 9862 3411 9856 3406 9855
      3403 9854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 261DEG 27KT 3407 9858 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 10, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	46 min
Apr 10, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	48 min
Apr 10, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	53 min
Apr 10, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	40 min
Apr 10, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	43 min
Apr 10, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	44 min
Apr 10, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	24 min
Apr 10, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	46 min
Apr 10, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	23 min
Apr 10, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	45 min
Apr 10, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	45 min
Apr 10, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	46 min
Apr 11, 4:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	37 min
Apr 11, 4:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	28 min
Apr 11, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	30 min
Apr 11, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	39 min
Apr 11, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	52 min
Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	48 min
Apr 11, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	32 min
Apr 11, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.