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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 1:32 AM CDT for Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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 24, 2016, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Tillman County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:39 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Manitou, OK | POWER FLASHES SEEN NORTH OF FREDERICK. |
| May 24, 1:45 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Manitou, 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 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1076 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted.
649
WFUS54 KOUN 240632
TOROUN
OKC141-240700-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0041.160524T0632Z-160524T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
132 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 132 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MANITOU...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
MANITOU.
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 3456 9905 3455 9883 3451 9883 3450 9882
3441 9882 3448 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 290DEG 26KT 3450 9899
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
031 follow-up statement
301
WWUS54 KOUN 240652
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
152 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
OKC141-240701-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160524T0700Z/
TILLMAN OK-
152 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TILLMAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 200 AM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
TILLMAN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3456 9905 3455 9883 3451 9883 3450 9882
3441 9882 3448 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 290DEG 26KT 3450 9899
$$
03The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 37 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Ellis | 33 min |
| May 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 40 min |
| May 23, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 46 min |
| May 23, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 26 min |
| May 23, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 31 min |
| May 23, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 30 min |
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 28 min |
| May 23, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Woodward | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 40 min |
| May 23, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 31 min |
| May 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 62 min |
| May 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 50 min |
| May 23, 9:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 114 min |
| May 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 34 min |
| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper | 31 min |
| May 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 28 min |
| May 23, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| May 24, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer | 38 min |
| May 24, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 28 min |
| May 24, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 26 min |
| May 24, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 39 min |
| May 24, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Washita | 35 min |
| May 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 54 min |
| May 24, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harmon | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 41 min |
| May 24, 1:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 52 min |
| May 24, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 34 min |
| May 24, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 52 min |
| May 24, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 51 min |
| May 24, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 58 min |
| May 24, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 56 min |
| May 24, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson | 41 min |
| May 24, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 58 min |
| May 24, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 20 min |
| May 24, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 45 min |
| May 24, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Stephens | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 64 min |
| May 24, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 26 min |
| May 24, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 42 min |
| May 24, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 52 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Noble, Payne | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Noble | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 32 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 36 min |
| May 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 25 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Payne | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 48 min |
| May 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 29 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.