Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 57, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2016, 4:12 PM CDT for Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 3, 2016, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Payne County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted.
027
WFUS54 KOUN 032112
TOROUN
OKC119-032200-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0057.160703T2112Z-160703T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
412 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 412 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
YALE...QUAY AND INGALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3604 9693 3613 9700 3619 9682 3616 9682
3616 9662 3606 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 247DEG 25KT 3610 9690
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MAHALE2 follow-up statements
277
WWUS54 KOUN 032124
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
424 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
OKC119-032200-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160703T2200Z/
PAYNE OK-
424 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PAYNE COUNTY...
AT 424 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YALE...QUAY AND INGALLS.
LAT...LON 3607 9695 3611 9694 3619 9682 3616 9682
3616 9662 3606 9662 3604 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 254DEG 15KT 3608 9687
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MAHALE034
WWUS54 KOUN 032149
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
449 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
OKC119-032200-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-160703T2200Z/
PAYNE OK-
449 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTY...
AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
YALE AND QUAY.
LAT...LON 3609 9689 3616 9679 3616 9662 3606 9662
3604 9688
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 253DEG 15KT 3609 9679
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MAHALEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 16 min |
| Jul 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Kiowa, Tillman | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 33 more | 4 days |
| Jul 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 20 min |
| Jul 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 5:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 25 min |
| Jul 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 6:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 26 min |
| Jul 3, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson | 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.