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Tornado Warning 156, NWS Norman, OK

November 3, 2024Hughes County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 2024, 3:26 AM CST for Hughes County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 3, 2024, 3:26 AM CST (09:26 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 2024, 3:41 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Hughes County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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
Nov 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Nov 3, 1:40 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Nov 3, 2:24 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Updated at 220 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024 -Showers and Storms are ongoing across Oklahoma and northern Texas, with storms continuing through Sunday and into Monday. -Severe weather risk will continue Sunday through Monday, with strong winds and a couple possible tornadoes the main concern. -Cooler weather will move in Tuesday through the end of the week, with a brief warmup on Wednesday. -Rain chances return Wednesday night through Saturday.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 2:24 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Norman OK
224 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 220 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

-Showers and Storms are ongoing across Oklahoma and northern Texas,
with storms continuing through Sunday and into Monday.

-Severe weather risk will continue Sunday through Monday, with
strong winds and a couple possible tornadoes the main concern.

-Cooler weather will move in Tuesday through the end of the week,
with a brief warmup on Wednesday.

-Rain chances return Wednesday night through Saturday.

&&

.NEAR TERM...
(Today and tonight)
Issued at 220 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

Showers and storms are ongoing across Oklahoma and western north
Texas, with widespread heavy rains across most of the region. These
heavy rains, along with the areas of heavy rainfall from the
previous day, will likely result in widespread flooding concerns
across the region, with increasing flash flood concerns in the areas
of heaviest rainfall. With precipitable water values > 1.2" across
the region and surges of higher values through the area expected to
continue through Monday, flooding will be a persistent concern. A
Flood Watch across northern Texas, as well as southern, and portions
of central and northern Oklahoma will continue through Monday night.

Severe thunderstorms are also possible with these storms through
Sunday. Strong enhanced shear with a strong low level jet over the
region will help enhance the ongoing storms, with widespread 0-6km
shear of >40kts. With 0-1km shear >20kts, tornadoes will be possible
through the early morning hours, in particular within discrete cells
ahead of the line of storms. Limited instability (~1000-1500 MUCAPE)
will help keep the chances of widespread severe low.

Zwink

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Monday through Tuesday night)
Issued at 220 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

With the passage of the line of storms early Sunday morning, warm
air advection behind the line will result in scattered
thunderstorms, some of which may become severe as instability
increases with primarily a gusty wind threat. Through the afternoon
and into the evening, increasing instability and more favorable wind
shear will lead to a higher chance for organized severe weather, and
as the storms form into a line, QLCS tornadoes may be possible. With
the continued precipitation, flooding and flash flooding will
continue to be a threat. Precipitation will again be possible
Monday, as the upper level cyclone shifts eastward out of the
region.

Zwink

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Wednesday through Saturday)
Issued at 220 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

As the upper level cyclone shifts northeast, cooler and dry
conditions Tuesday. A brief warmup with a surge of southerly winds
is expected on Wednesday, ahead of another trough digging into the
region. Moisture advection Wednesday night into Thursday will result
in a return of precipitation chances ahead of the arrival of the
upper level trough Friday into Saturday.

Zwink

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1213 AM CDT Sun Nov 3 2024

Current synoptic scale weather system will persist through the
entire forecast period resulting in lowering ceilings and
visibilities with thunderstorms and rain affecting all of our
terminals. Expect periods of mostly MVFR conditions to brief
periods of IFR conditions. Terminals KCSM & KWWD in western
Oklahoma could see a lull in the storm activity around 12Z with
convection building back in by 18Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Oklahoma City OK  69  61  70  48 /  90  80 100  30
Hobart OK         72  58  71  43 /  80  80  80  20
Wichita Falls TX  74  63  75  47 /  90  80  90  10
Gage OK           73  49  62  37 /  30  50  80  50
Ponca City OK     71  59  70  46 /  80  60 100  50
Durant OK         77  66  77  53 /  90 100 100  60

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flood Watch through Monday afternoon for OKZ007-008-012-013-
     017>020-023>032-035>048-050>052.

TX...Flood Watch through Monday afternoon for TXZ083>090.

&&

NEAR TERM...14
SHORT TERM...14
LONG TERM....14
AVIATION...68

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 3, 1:54 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
154 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     7 NW Velma              34.53N 97.75W
11/03/2024  M64 MPH          Stephens           OK   Mesonet

&&

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:39 AM CST, 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
239 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0146 AM     Tornado          5 NNE Byers             34.13N 98.15W
11/03/2024                   Clay               TX   Storm Chaser

            Video on Twitter.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:43 AM CST, 43 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
243 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0124 AM     Tornado          2 E Valley Brook        35.41N 97.44W
11/03/2024                   Oklahoma           OK   Public

            TDS observed + damage reports.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:45 AM CST, 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
245 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0204 AM     Tornado          2 W Harrah              35.49N 97.20W
11/03/2024                   Oklahoma           OK   NWS Employee

            Large TDS observed.

&&

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:53 AM CST, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
253 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0245 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 ESE Byars             34.86N 97.00W
11/03/2024  M75 MPH          McClain            OK   Mesonet

&&

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:58 AM CST, 28 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
258 AM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0116 AM     Tornado          Newcastle               35.25N 97.60W
11/03/2024                   McClain            OK   Public

            Damage reported in Newcastle with TDS.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 2, 8:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	48 hr
Nov 2, 8:14 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	13 hr
Nov 2, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	13 hr
Nov 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, McClain	3 hr
Nov 2, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	25 min
Nov 2, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Nov 2, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	37 min
Nov 2, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	25 min
Nov 2, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	52 min
Nov 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton	3 hr
Nov 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	28 min
Nov 2, 11:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	3 hr
Nov 2, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	47 min
Nov 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	115 min
Nov 3, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	26 min
Nov 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Nov 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	51 min
Nov 3, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	35 min
Nov 3, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	34 min
Nov 3, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 3, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	42 min
Nov 3, 12:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 3, 12:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	42 min
Nov 3, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	31 min
Nov 3, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma	43 min
Nov 3, 1:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma	39 min
Nov 3, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	30 min
Nov 3, 1:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan, Payne	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	52 min
Nov 3, 1:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	51 min
Nov 3, 1:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	40 min
Nov 3, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	39 min
Nov 3, 1:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Stephens	23 min
Nov 3, 1:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	45 min
Nov 3, 1:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	29 min
Nov 3, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	32 min
Nov 3, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	45 min
Nov 3, 1:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	44 min
Nov 3, 1:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	23 min
Nov 3, 1:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Nov 3, 1:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	36 min
Nov 3, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	49 min
Nov 3, 1:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	32 min
Nov 3, 2:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	45 min
Nov 3, 2:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	43 min
Nov 3, 2:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Nov 3, 2:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	23 min
Nov 3, 2:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie	48 min
Nov 3, 2:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love, Stephens	40 min
Nov 3, 2:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Nov 3, 2:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Lincoln, Payne, Pottawatomie, Seminole	49 min
Nov 3, 2:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, McClain, Murray and 3 more	48 min
Nov 3, 2:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	2 hr
Nov 3, 3:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole	29 min
Nov 3, 3:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	41 min
Nov 3, 3:23 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan, Payne	112 min
Nov 3, 3:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc and 1 more	50 min
Nov 3, 3:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	49 min
Nov 3, 3:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	36 min
Nov 3, 3:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	26 hr
Nov 3, 3:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	86 min
Nov 3, 4:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Johnston	32 min
Nov 3, 4:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love, Marshall	31 min
Nov 3, 4:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Murray	3 hr
Nov 3, 6:09 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	16 hr
Nov 3, 7:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	35 min
Nov 3, 7:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	52 min
Nov 3, 8:17 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	3 hr
Nov 3, 8:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	22 hr
Nov 3, 8:40 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	23 hr
Nov 3, 9:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	24 min
Nov 3, 9:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Nov 3, 9:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	30 min
Nov 3, 9:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	29 min
Nov 3, 9:20 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	25 min
Nov 3, 9:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	28 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.