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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 5:23 PM CDT for Cleveland County, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
- May 9, 2016, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Cleveland County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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.
394
WFUS54 KOUN 092223
TOROUN
OKC027-125-092300-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0023.160509T2223Z-160509T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
523 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 522 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL MEDIA HAVE CONFIRMED
BRIEF TORNADOES. TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
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...
SHAWNEE...TECUMSEH...PINK...STELLA...DALE...BETHEL ACRES AND LITTLE AXE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 186.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3522 9720 3532 9722 3546 9695 3523 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 244DEG 19KT 3526 9716
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
032 follow-up statements
045
WWUS54 KOUN 092235
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
535 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC027-092244-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160509T2300Z/
CLEVELAND OK-
535 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3525 9714 3536 9714 3546 9695 3523 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 248DEG 24KT 3529 9707
$$
OKC125-092300-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160509T2300Z/
POTTAWATOMIE OK-
535 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...
AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PINK...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
SHAWNEE...TECUMSEH...PINK...DALE AND BETHEL ACRES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 186.
LAT...LON 3525 9714 3536 9714 3546 9695 3523 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 248DEG 24KT 3529 9707
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
03546
WWUS54 KOUN 092253 RRA
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
553 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC125-092302-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160509T2300Z/
POTTAWATOMIE OK-
553 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AND
BRIEF TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3525 9714 3536 9714 3546 9695 3523 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 244DEG 19KT 3529 9707
$$
03The 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, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 26 min |
| May 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.