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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 5:19 PM CDT for Atoka County, Coal County, Johnston County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
- May 9, 2016, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Atoka County, OK, Coal County, OK, Johnston County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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 9, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Wsw Bromide, OK | |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Wsw Bromide, OK | *** 1 FATAL *** UPDATED. EF3 TORNADO FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CONNERVILLE AT 518 PM TO BROMIDE AT 536 PM. A FATALITY OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF CONNERVILLE. |
| May 9, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | 4 N Wapanucka, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted.
058
WFUS54 KOUN 092219
TOROUN
OKC005-029-069-092245-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0022.160509T2219Z-160509T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
519 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
WESTERN ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN COAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 518 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONNERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
WAPANUCKA...BROMIDE...OLNEY...CLARITA AND CONNERVILLE.
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 3434 9665 3446 9667 3454 9628 3433 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 252DEG 34KT 3440 9659
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Stephens | 21 min |
| May 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 30 min |
| May 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 43 min |
| May 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 41 min |
| May 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 31 min |
| May 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher | 31 min |
| May 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 1 more | 53 min |
| May 8, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 51 min |
| May 8, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 46 min |
| May 8, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 25 min |
| May 9, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 9, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Love | 46 min |
| May 9, 7:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston, Marshall | 32 min |
| May 9, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 58 min |
| May 9, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 31 min |
| May 9, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray | 38 min |
| May 9, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 22 min |
| May 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 47 min |
| May 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 65 min |
| May 9, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 47 min |
| May 9, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant | 44 min |
| May 9, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Major | 30 min |
| May 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray | 25 min |
| May 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 23 min |
| May 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| May 9, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 46 min |
| May 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 20 min |
| May 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 50 min |
| May 9, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray | 33 min |
| May 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| May 9, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 56 min |
| May 9, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 50 min |
| May 9, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 34 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc | 23 min |
| May 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Marshall | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Noble | 41 min |
| May 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 35 min |
| May 9, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Murray, Pontotoc | 33 min |
| May 9, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 57 min |
| May 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 37 min |
| May 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 26 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 25 min |
| May 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| May 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 46 min |
| May 9, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 10 min |
| May 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 33 min |
| May 9, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 47 min |
| May 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 36 min |
| May 9, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 26 min |
| May 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 66 min |
| May 9, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 43 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.