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Tornado Warning 170, NWS Norman, OK

November 3, 2024Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 2024, 6:13 PM CST for Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 2024, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Atoka County, OK, Coal County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 3, 2:02 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 635 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 560 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, 5:50 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 5:50 PM CST, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 3, 2:57 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
257 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

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

0225 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 4 S Tipton              34.44N 99.14W
11/03/2024  M63 MPH          Tillman            OK   Mesonet

            Wake low wind event.

&&

MDU

Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:26 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
326 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

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

0300 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 7 SE Hydro              35.48N 98.48W
11/03/2024  M58 MPH          Caddo              OK   Mesonet

            Hinton Mesonet. Wake low wind event.

&&

MDU

Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:06 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
406 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

OKZ045-TXZ090-032230-
Jefferson OK-Clay TX-
406 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Jefferson and
northeastern Clay Counties through 430 PM CST...

At 406 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Henrietta to near Bellevue to 7 miles
northeast of Jacksboro. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Henrietta, Waurika, Ryan, Terral, Bellevue, Addington, Sugden,
Newport, Oscar, and Vashti.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor NOAA Weather
Radio, local radio stations or available television stations for
additional information and possible warnings from the National
Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3355 9806 3383 9834 3428 9800 3398 9770
      3394 9773 3394 9776 3391 9776 3392 9778
      3389 9778 3390 9780 3386 9783 3385 9787
      3389 9798 3347 9798 3347 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 219DEG 37KT 3383 9824 3361 9802 3328 9805

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Bunker

Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:12 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
412 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

OKZ025>030-032300-
Grady OK-Oklahoma OK-Pottawatomie OK-Cleveland OK-McClain OK-
Lincoln OK-
412 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central Grady,
southwestern Lincoln, Oklahoma, Cleveland, Pottawatomie and McClain
Counties through 500 PM CST...

At 412 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Oklahoma City to 5 miles west of Wayne.
Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Moore, Midwest City, Shawnee, Del
City, Newcastle, Blanchard, Tecumseh, Purcell, Chandler, Choctaw,
Noble, Harrah, Slaughterville, McLoud, Spencer, Jones, and Nicoma
Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3496 9692 3496 9693 3486 9693 3486 9785
      3568 9745 3577 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 253DEG 33KT 3562 9732 3492 9741

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Mahale

Special weather statement, Nov 3, 4:14 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
414 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

OKZ013-019-020-026-032300-
Payne OK-Logan OK-Lincoln OK-Noble OK-
414 PM CST Sun Nov 3 2024

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Lincoln,
southern Noble, central Logan and Payne Counties through 500 PM
CST...

At 414 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Morrison to 6 miles southeast of Guthrie.
Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Stillwater, Guthrie, Cushing, Perkins, Langston, Yale, Morrison,
Glencoe, Tryon, Ripley, Coyle, Mulhall, Orlando, Meridian, Lake Carl
Blackwell, Lake Mcmurtry, Quay, and Ingalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3633 9703 3633 9692 3625 9692 3624 9682
      3616 9682 3616 9662 3610 9662 3595 9671
      3572 9746 3573 9747 3616 9751 3616 9746
      3619 9746 3640 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 238DEG 40KT 3631 9705 3577 9736

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Mahale

Local storm report, Nov 3, 5:37 PM CST, 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 3, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	51 min
Nov 3, 6:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston	26 min
Nov 3, 6:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes	3 hr
Nov 3, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	34 min
Nov 3, 6:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	29 min
Nov 3, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	50 min
Nov 3, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Marshall	45 min
Nov 3, 7:20 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	13 hr
Nov 3, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	44 min
Nov 3, 8:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 3, 8:25 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	3 hr
Nov 3, 8:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	31 min
Nov 3, 9:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	36 min
Nov 3, 10:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain	2 hr
Nov 3, 11:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 3, 11:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Nov 4, 1:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Lincoln, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more	3 hr
Nov 4, 1:17 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	3 hr
Nov 4, 2:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Nov 4, 2:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	24 hr
Nov 4, 2:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	37 min
Nov 4, 2:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	37 min
Nov 4, 3:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	27 min
Nov 4, 3:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	31 min
Nov 4, 3:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	31 min
Nov 4, 4:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	41 min
Nov 4, 4:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	25 min
Nov 4, 4:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa, Washita	39 min
Nov 4, 4:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Nov 4, 4:47 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	58 min
Nov 4, 5:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian	31 min
Nov 4, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Grady	31 min
Nov 4, 6:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	34 min
Nov 4, 6:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	23 min
Nov 4, 6:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	32 min
Nov 4, 7:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble, Payne	43 min
Nov 4, 7:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	42 min
Nov 4, 7:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	47 min
Nov 4, 8:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	35 min
Nov 4, 8:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
Nov 4, 9:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	28 min
Nov 4, 10:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	34 min
Nov 4, 10:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	31 min
Nov 4, 10:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie, Seminole	47 min
Nov 4, 10:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	31 min
Nov 4, 10:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	28 min
Nov 4, 10:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	37 min
Nov 4, 10:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	29 min
Nov 4, 10:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens	47 min
Nov 4, 11:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Nov 4, 11:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	43 min
Nov 4, 11:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	27 min
Nov 4, 11:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	40 min
Nov 4, 11:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	3 hr
Nov 4, 11:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	32 min
Nov 4, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	39 min
Nov 4, 12:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Seminole	31 min
Nov 4, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	43 min
Nov 4, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	24 min
Nov 4, 1:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	38 min
Nov 4, 1:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	23 min
Nov 4, 1:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	48 min
Nov 4, 1:28 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	24 hr
Nov 4, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall	42 min
Nov 4, 1:51 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
Nov 4, 1:52 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	13 hr
Nov 4, 2:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston	52 min
Nov 4, 2:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more	3 hr
Nov 4, 3:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	41 min
Nov 4, 3:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	45 min
Nov 4, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	30 min
Nov 3, 7:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	35 min
Nov 3, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	37 min
Nov 3, 8:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	33 min
Nov 3, 8:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	30 min
Nov 3, 9:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	27 min
Nov 3, 9:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	33 min
Nov 4, 9:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	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.