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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 3:35 PM CDT for Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 24, 2016, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Payne County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
103
WFUS54 KOUN 242035
TOROUN
OKC119-242100-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0043.160524T2035Z-160524T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 335 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENCOE...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...
GLENCOE.
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 3616 9682 3616 9681 3614 9681 3615 9698
3624 9696 3624 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 282DEG 24KT 3618 9689
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
..SPEG.The 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, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 28 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, 3:57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.