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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Norman, OK

May 26, 2016Foard County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 8:48 PM CDT for Foard County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 26, 2016, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Foard County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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.

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 26, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

793 
WFUS54 KOUN 270148
TOROUN
TXC155-270215-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0052.160527T0148Z-160527T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
848 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOARD COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...STORM CHASERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS. 

  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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHERN FOARD COUNTY.

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 3384 9988 3392 9987 3396 9954 3382 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 264DEG 23KT 3388 9979 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

207 
WWUS54 KOUN 270209
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
909 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

TXC155-270215-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160527T0215Z/
FOARD TX-
909 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FOARD COUNTY...
    
AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THALIA...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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL FOARD COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3387 9966 3394 9967 3396 9954 3386 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 265DEG 20KT 3392 9962 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	28 min
May 26, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	26 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	45 min
May 26, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	41 min
May 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	52 min
May 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard	50 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	52 min
May 26, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Wilbarger	45 min
May 26, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	48 min
May 26, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	27 min
May 27, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	50 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.