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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2017, 8:19 PM CDT for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 26, 2017, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Hughes County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted.
677
WFUS54 KOUN 270119
TOROUN
OKC063-270145-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0005.170327T0119Z-170327T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
819 PM CDT SUN MAR 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Hughes County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 845 PM CDT
* At 818 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Gerty, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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...
Stuart and Gerty.
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 you
are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3483 9609 3481 9629 3486 9630 3494 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 252DEG 24KT 3485 9623
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
..speg.1 follow-up statement
767
WWUS54 KOUN 270142
SVSOUN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
842 PM CDT SUN MAR 26 2017
OKC063-270151-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170327T0145Z/
Hughes OK-
842 PM CDT SUN MAR 26 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved into Pittsburg County.
Therefore the warning for Hughes County will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3483 9609 3481 9629 3486 9630 3494 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 252DEG 24KT 3489 9606
$$
..speg.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Love | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Seminole | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 31 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.