Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2021, 8:07 AM CDT for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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
- Oct 13, 2021, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hughes County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
850
WFUS54 KOUN 131307
TOROUN
OKC063-131330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0044.211013T1307Z-211013T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
807 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Hughes County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 830 AM CDT.
* At 806 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Horntown, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Wetumka, Dustin, Lamar, Horntown and Yeager.
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 3514 9601 3512 9601 3512 9603 3509 9606
3506 9607 3505 9609 3504 9609 3496 9631
3518 9636 3529 9612 3529 9598 3515 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 244DEG 42KT 3512 9627
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
..speg.1 follow-up statement
750
WWUS54 KOUN 131329
SVSOUN
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
829 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
OKC063-131334-
/O.EXP.KOUN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-211013T1330Z/
Hughes OK-
829 AM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 AM CDT...
The rotation which prompted the warning has weakened, therefore the
tornado warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3514 9601 3512 9601 3512 9603 3509 9606
3506 9607 3505 9609 3504 9609 3496 9631
3518 9636 3529 9612 3529 9598 3515 9598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1324Z 244DEG 42KT 3521 9605
$$
..speg.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Washita | 14 min |
| Oct 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 50 min |
| Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey | 43 min |
| Oct 12, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 48 min |
| Oct 12, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey | 49 min |
| Oct 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita | 52 min |
| Oct 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 41 min |
| Oct 12, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 77 min |
| Oct 13, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward | 67 min |
| Oct 13, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey, Major | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 31 min |
| Oct 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Grant, Major | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Washita | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Tillman | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Noble | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan, Noble, Payne | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, Oklahoma | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 5:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 18 min |
| Oct 13, 5:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma, Stephens | 49 min |
| Oct 13, 5:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 18 min |
| Oct 13, 5:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 6:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 2 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc, Seminole | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Love, Murray | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 7:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 26 min |
| Oct 13, 7:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 66 min |
| Oct 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 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.