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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT for Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2016, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Atoka County, OK, Coal County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted.
214
WFUS54 KOUN 250607
TOROUN
OKC005-029-250645-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0044.160525T0607Z-160525T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
107 AM CDT WED MAY 25 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 145 AM CDT
* AT 107 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STRINGTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
ATOKA...STRINGTOWN...ATOKA RESERVOIR AND WESTERN MCGEE CREEK LAKE.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3437 9617 3450 9618 3457 9590 3437 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 255DEG 22KT 3444 9610
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
032 follow-up statements
387
WWUS54 KOUN 250623
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
123 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
OKC029-250631-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160525T0645Z/
COAL OK-
123 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3437 9610 3447 9610 3453 9590 3437 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 261DEG 16KT 3439 9603
$$
OKC005-250645-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160525T0645Z/
ATOKA OK-
123 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ATOKA COUNTY...
AT 121 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF STRINGTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
STRINGTOWN...SOUTHWESTERN ATOKA RESERVOIR AND WESTERN MCGEE CREEK
LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3437 9610 3447 9610 3453 9590 3437 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 261DEG 16KT 3439 9603
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
03578
WWUS54 KOUN 250633
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
133 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
OKC005-250645-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160525T0645Z/
ATOKA OK-
133 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ATOKA COUNTY...
AT 132 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF LANE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRINGTOWN AND WESTERN MCGEE CREEK LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3437 9610 3449 9603 3453 9590 3437 9589
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 261DEG 19KT 3439 9596
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
03The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Love | 58 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 42 min |
| May 24, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 29 min |
| May 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne | 61 min |
| May 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 65 min |
| May 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble | 64 min |
| May 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 40 min |
| May 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 6 hr |
| May 24, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 54 min |
| May 24, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 51 min |
| May 24, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 51 min |
| May 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 49 min |
| May 25, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 3 hr |
| May 25, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 66 min |
| May 25, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 19 min |
| May 25, 12:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka | 6 hr |
| May 25, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 49 min |
| May 25, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 20 min |
| May 25, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 51 min |
| May 25, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 53 min |
| May 25, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 23 min |
| May 25, 5:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Kay | 3 hr |
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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.