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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 6:09 PM CDT for Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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 9, 2016, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Atoka County, OK, Coal County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Stringtown, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
488
WFUS54 KOUN 092309
TOROUN
OKC005-029-092345-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0029.160509T2309Z-160509T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
609 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN COAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 609 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEHIGH...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
ATOKA...STRINGTOWN...LEHIGH...PHILLIPS...ATOKA RESERVOIR AND WESTERN
MCGEE CREEK LAKE.
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 3438 9625 3450 9625 3456 9591 3437 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 264DEG 24KT 3443 9620
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
302 follow-up statements
187
WWUS54 KOUN 092332
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
632 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC029-092342-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160509T2345Z/
COAL OK-
632 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3440 9609 3450 9610 3456 9591 3437 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 261DEG 24KT 3445 9605
$$
OKC005-092345-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160509T2345Z/
ATOKA OK-
632 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ATOKA COUNTY...
AT 632 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRINGTOWN...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
STRINGTOWN...ATOKA RESERVOIR AND WESTERN MCGEE CREEK LAKE.
LAT...LON 3440 9609 3450 9610 3456 9591 3437 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 261DEG 24KT 3445 9605
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
30185
WWUS54 KOUN 092340
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
640 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC005-092350-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160509T2345Z/
ATOKA OK-
640 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ATOKA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3440 9609 3450 9610 3456 9591 3437 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 264DEG 24KT 3445 9605
$$
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, 5:19 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, 5:23 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, 6:19 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.