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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Arcadia, OK | MANY TREES AND A BARN DAMAGED. |
| Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Tryon, OK | ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN AND LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN. |
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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 2869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted.
421
WFUS54 KOUN 270145
TOROUN
OKC081-083-109-270215-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0007.160427T0145Z-160427T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
845 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 845 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN EDMOND...OR NEAR ARCADIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
EASTERN EDMOND...JONES...LUTHER...CARNEY...TRYON...ARCADIA...MERIDIAN AND
FALLIS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 150.
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 3556 9730 3559 9741 3594 9722 3585 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 223DEG 42KT 3562 9732
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
303 follow-up statements
969
WWUS54 KOUN 270154
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
854 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
OKC081-083-109-270215-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0215Z/
OKLAHOMA OK-LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-
854 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
AT 853 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LUTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. ANOTHER STORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NORTH OF ARCADIA NEAR THE
OKLAHOMA LOGAN COUNTY LINE.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHEASTERN EDMOND...LUTHER...CARNEY...TRYON...MERIDIAN AND FALLIS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 148 AND 150.
LAT...LON 3563 9719 3570 9735 3594 9722 3585 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 225DEG 51KT 3571 9721
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
30888
WWUS54 KOUN 270202
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
902 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
OKC109-270211-
/O.CAN.KOUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0215Z/
OKLAHOMA OK-
902 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA 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 3573 9711 3576 9732 3594 9722 3585 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 221DEG 38KT 3578 9714
$$
OKC081-083-270215-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0215Z/
LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-
902 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 901 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FALLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARNEY...TRYON...MERIDIAN AND FALLIS.
LAT...LON 3573 9711 3576 9732 3594 9722 3585 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 221DEG 38KT 3578 9714
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
30017
WWUS54 KOUN 270215
SVSOUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
915 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
OKC081-083-270224-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160427T0215Z/
LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-
915 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA UNTIL 930 PM.
LAT...LON 3573 9711 3576 9732 3594 9722 3585 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 223DEG 42KT 3578 9714
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 116 min |
| Apr 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Noble, Payne | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Love and 2 more | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Noble and 5 more | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, McClain and 3 more | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain, Noble, Payne and 3 more | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 9:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston and 4 more | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Johnston | 11 min |
| Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Lincoln, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.