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Tornado Warning 196, NWS Norman, OK

November 18, 20244 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2024, 5:54 AM CST for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2024, 5:54 AM CST (11:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2024, 6:30 AM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Blaine County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 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 18, 2:02 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 18, 5:24 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 5:24 AM CST, 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:17 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 18, 3:24 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 18, 3:29 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 18, 4:11 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 18, 4:13 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 18, 4:16 AM CST, 1 hour 38 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 17, 7:35 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	21 days
Nov 17, 8:01 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Logan	18 hr
Nov 18, 1:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	46 min
Nov 18, 2:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	25 min
Nov 18, 2:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	49 min
Nov 18, 2:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	25 min
Nov 18, 3:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	36 min
Nov 18, 3:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more	41 min
Nov 18, 3:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	52 min
Nov 18, 3:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Jackson, Kiowa and 3 more	51 min
Nov 18, 4:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 3 more	51 min
Nov 18, 5:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	27 min
Nov 18, 5:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Garfield, Grady and 2 more	52 min
Nov 18, 5:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	35 min
Nov 18, 5:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman	49 min
Nov 18, 6:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan and 4 more	41 min
Nov 18, 6:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson and 2 more	48 min
Nov 18, 6:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Grady, Kay, Lincoln and 6 more	38 min
Nov 18, 7:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens	42 min
Nov 18, 7:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Noble and 4 more	65 min
Nov 18, 7:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	55 min
Nov 18, 7:26 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Lincoln, McClain, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
Nov 18, 7:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain	55 min
Nov 18, 7:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray	44 min
Nov 18, 8:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Payne	116 min
Nov 18, 8:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	42 min
Nov 18, 8:22 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray	113 min
Nov 18, 8:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln	2 hr
Nov 18, 8:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	117 min
Nov 18, 8:58 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	47 min
Nov 18, 9:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole	119 min
Nov 18, 9:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	39 min
Nov 18, 10:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	9 hr
Nov 18, 2:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay, Noble	27 min
Nov 18, 2:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma, Payne	26 min
Nov 18, 3:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Payne	33 min
Nov 18, 3:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	36 min
Nov 18, 3:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger	58 min
Nov 18, 4:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger	49 min
Nov 18, 5:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	47 min
Nov 18, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	46 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.