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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 9:59 PM CDT for Ellis County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 10:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Ellis County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
914
WFUS54 KOUN 270259
TOROUN
OKC045-129-270345-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0055.160527T0259Z-160527T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
959 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 959 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ROLL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
ROLL.
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 3572 9978 3585 9978 3594 9945 3574 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 241DEG 27KT 3579 9970
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
302 follow-up statements
375
WWUS54 KOUN 270321
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1021 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
OKC045-270331-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160527T0345Z/
ELLIS OK-
1021 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3586 9958 3587 9956 3590 9955 3592 9952
3594 9945 3583 9945 3582 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 235DEG 26KT 3591 9948
$$
OKC129-270345-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160527T0345Z/
ROGER MILLS OK-
1021 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY...
AT 1021 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ANGORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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
NORTHEASTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3586 9958 3587 9956 3590 9955 3592 9952
3594 9945 3583 9945 3582 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 235DEG 26KT 3591 9948
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
30508
WWUS54 KOUN 270334
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1034 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
OKC129-270344-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160527T0345Z/
ROGER MILLS OK-
1034 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROGER MILLS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3586 9958 3587 9956 3590 9955 3592 9952
3594 9945 3583 9945 3582 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 241DEG 27KT 3596 9937
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills | 43 min |
| May 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 42 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 45 min |
| May 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 36 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 52 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 40 min |
| May 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 37 min |
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward | 47 min |
| May 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 45 min |
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills, Woodward | 45 min |
| May 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 48 min |
| May 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 4 hr |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Major, Roger Mills and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 26 min |
| May 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche | 2 hr |
| May 26, 10:42 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 78 min |
| May 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 27 min |
| May 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 33 min |
| May 26, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 28 min |
| May 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Major | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 41 min |
| May 27, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 35 min |
| May 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Love | 67 min |
| May 27, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Love | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter | 28 min |
| May 27, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray | 58 min |
| May 27, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 28 min |
| May 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Grant | 117 min |
| May 27, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 30 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Stephens | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 49 min |
| May 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 38 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Murray | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Grant, Kay | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 48 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.