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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Norman, OK

March 4, 2025Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2025, 6:12 AM CST for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 18 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: Mar 4, 2025, 6:12 AM CST (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2025, 6:30 AM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 4, 4:13 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -329 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 Mar 4, 6:11 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:11 AM CST, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:14 AM CST, 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
514 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

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

0507 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSE Mill Creek        34.36N 96.81W
03/04/2025                   Johnston           OK   Emergency Mngr

            Barn and outbuildings damaged east of
            Scullin Y Hwy 7 & 1.

&&

BT

Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:17 AM CST, 55 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
517 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

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

0505 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     6 SW Fittstown          34.57N 96.71W
03/04/2025  M87 MPH          Pontotoc           OK   Mesonet

&&

BT

Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:21 AM CST, 51 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
521 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

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

0510 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     6 SW Fittstown          34.56N 96.71W
03/04/2025  E79 MPH          Pontotoc           OK   Mesonet

&&

BT

Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:24 AM CST, 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
524 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

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

0519 AM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Mill Creek              34.40N 96.82W
03/04/2025                   Johnston           OK   Emergency Mngr

            Power poles down highway 7&1 intersect south
            near mill creek.

&&

BT

Local storm report, Mar 4, 5:27 AM CST, 45 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Norman OK
527 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

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

0515 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 W Ada                 34.78N 96.67W
03/04/2025  E85 MPH          Pontotoc           OK   Public

            Funnel cloud also observed.

&&

BT

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 5:44 AM CST, 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
544 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

OKZ048-052-041215-
Atoka OK-Bryan OK-
544 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Bryan
and southwestern Atoka Counties through 615 AM CST...

At 543 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Kenefic to near Durant. 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...
Durant, Blue, Kenefic, Lane, Durant, Caddo, Colbert, Bentley,
Armstrong, Calera, Caney, Bokchito, Silo, Tushka, and McGee Creek
Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3400 9605 3381 9652 3415 9645 3416 9641
      3417 9641 3449 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 228DEG 37KT 3419 9636 3393 9643

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

..speg.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita	52 min
Mar 3, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	31 min
Mar 3, 9:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Harmon	35 min
Mar 3, 10:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	50 min
Mar 3, 10:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa	48 min
Mar 3, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Dewey, Major	30 min
Mar 3, 10:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	44 min
Mar 3, 10:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	28 min
Mar 3, 10:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Greer, Harmon and 3 more	50 min
Mar 3, 11:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	23 min
Mar 3, 11:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	37 min
Mar 3, 11:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	30 min
Mar 3, 11:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Jackson and 3 more	45 min
Mar 3, 11:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay, Kingfisher, Noble	32 min
Mar 4, 12:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady, Kiowa, Washita	19 min
Mar 4, 12:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher, Noble	30 min
Mar 4, 12:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	26 min
Mar 4, 12:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan, Noble	31 min
Mar 4, 1:13 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Grady	32 min
Mar 4, 1:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan, Noble	31 min
Mar 4, 1:32 AM CST	High Wind Warning	OUN	Beckham, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more	22 hr
Mar 4, 1:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	29 min
Mar 4, 1:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	37 min
Mar 4, 2:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma	36 min
Mar 4, 2:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	31 min
Mar 4, 2:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	17 min
Mar 4, 2:57 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	33 min
Mar 4, 3:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	43 min
Mar 4, 3:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Stephens	47 min
Mar 4, 4:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray and 1 more	48 min
Mar 4, 4:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	31 min
Mar 4, 5:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	32 min
Mar 4, 5:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc and 1 more	43 min
Mar 4, 5:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	30 min
Mar 4, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	31 min
Mar 4, 5:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	27 min
Mar 4, 5:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	25 min
Mar 4, 5:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes	52 min
Mar 4, 6:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	26 min
Mar 4, 6:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	22 min
Mar 4, 2:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	29 min
Mar 4, 3:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	36 min
Mar 4, 3:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	30 min
Mar 4, 4:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	16 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.