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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:59 PM CDT for Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 15 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2016, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Tillman County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:09 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Tipton, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2872 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted.
663
WFUS54 KOUN 262159
TOROUN
OKC141-262245-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0006.160426T2159Z-160426T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
459 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 458 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIPTON.
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 3450 9921 3454 9920 3458 9907 3448 9903
3444 9921 3446 9922 3449 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 256DEG 20KT 3448 9918
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SIX1 follow-up statement
086
WWUS54 KOUN 262214
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
514 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
OKC141-262223-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160426T2245Z/
TILLMAN OK-
514 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS OVER TILLMAN COUNTY BUT THE
CIRCULATION WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3450 9921 3454 9920 3458 9907 3448 9903
3444 9921 3446 9922 3449 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 256DEG 20KT 3450 9908
$$
SIXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Payne | 17 min |
| Apr 26, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 16 min |
| Apr 26, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 11:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 11:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Major | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Major | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Ellis, Roger Mills | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Woods | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Woodward | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Washita | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Washita | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major, Woods | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.