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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 7:54 PM CDT for Johnston County, Murray County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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 19, 2017, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Johnston County, OK, Murray County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 20.6
The text
As transmitted.
525
WFUS54 KOUN 200054
TOROUN
OKC069-099-200130-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0063.170520T0054Z-170520T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
754 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Johnston County in southeastern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Murray County in southern Oklahoma...
* Until 830 PM CDT
* At 754 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dougherty, moving northeast at 30 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...
Sulphur, Mill Creek, Dougherty, Hickory, Scullin and Lake Of The
Arbuckles.
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 3435 9704 3435 9703 3436 9704 3437 9703
3438 9706 3442 9710 3460 9684 3459 9683
3436 9683 3433 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 235DEG 24KT 3438 9703
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
301 follow-up statement
270
WWUS54 KOUN 200117
SVSOUN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
817 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
OKC069-099-200130-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-170520T0130Z/
Johnston OK-Murray OK-
817 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...
At 817 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Scullin, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Sulphur, Mill Creek, Hickory and Scullin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter, safe room, or an interior
room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you
are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3442 9698 3450 9698 3460 9684 3459 9683
3439 9683 3439 9697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 235DEG 24KT 3447 9687
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Lincoln, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 64 min |
| May 19, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 37 min |
| May 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 22 hr |
| May 19, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 39 min |
| May 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc | 27 min |
| May 19, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 80 min |
| May 19, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Johnston | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc | 51 min |
| May 19, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton | 35 hr |
| May 19, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 29 hr |
| May 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 85 min |
| May 19, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc | 80 min |
| May 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Murray, Pontotoc | 61 min |
| May 19, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens | 48 min |
| May 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 19, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal | 38 min |
| May 19, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 116 min |
| May 19, 10:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 11 hr |
| May 19, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc | 96 min |
| May 19, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter | 14 min |
| May 19, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc | 35 min |
| May 19, 10:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 58 hr |
| May 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Murray, Pontotoc | 20 min |
| May 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 35 min |
| May 19, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 34 min |
| May 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc | 15 min |
| May 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 6 hr |
| May 19, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 26 min |
| May 20, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall | 82 min |
| May 20, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 37 min |
| May 20, 12:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Garvin, Stephens | 5 hr |
| May 20, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 20, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 12 min |
| May 20, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 51 min |
| May 20, 1:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Hughes, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 20, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston | 3 hr |
| May 20, 2:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 18 hr |
| May 20, 2:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 20, 5:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 20, 7:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 7 hr |
| May 20, 8:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 35 hr |
| May 20, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 29 hr |
| May 20, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka | 5 days |
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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.