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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

April 19, 2025Jefferson County, Love County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2025, 7:48 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Love County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2025, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2025, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	Courtney, OK	Corrects time for previous tornado report from Courtney. Powerlines down, sheds and barns damaged on Belleville Road in Courtney.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 1192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.4
Supercell composite: 17.0

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The text

As transmitted.

151 
WFUS54 KOUN 200048
TOROUN
OKC067-085-200130-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0013.250420T0048Z-250420T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Norman OK
748 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Jefferson County in southern Oklahoma...
  Northwestern Love County in southern Oklahoma...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 748 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles east of Nocona, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  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...
  Leon, Rubottom, Grady, Burneyville, Courtney, and Petersburg.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3382 9744 3384 9746 3389 9745 3392 9749
      3390 9755 3390 9759 3392 9760 3395 9759
      3398 9764 3399 9767 3407 9766 3407 9721
      3388 9732 3388 9733 3384 9735 3382 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 215DEG 24KT 3377 9764 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

Mahale

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	36 min
Apr 19, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	34 min
Apr 19, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	33 min
Apr 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	33 min
Apr 19, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	4 hr
Apr 19, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	33 min
Apr 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	40 min
Apr 19, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	30 min
Apr 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	8 hr
Apr 19, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	34 min
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	9 hr
Apr 19, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Carter, Love	50 min
Apr 19, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Love	46 min
Apr 19, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter	43 min
Apr 19, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	44 min
Apr 19, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	42 min
Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc	25 min
Apr 19, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Murray	47 min
Apr 19, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Marshall, Murray	41 min
Apr 19, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Love, Marshall	39 min
Apr 19, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Murray	38 min
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Love	37 min
Apr 19, 9:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	5 hr
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	44 min
Apr 19, 9:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray	33 min
Apr 19, 10:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Seminole	28 min
Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 3 more	67 min
Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	37 min
Apr 19, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	7 hr
Apr 19, 10:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	42 min
Apr 19, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan, Love, Marshall	29 min
Apr 19, 10:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	4 hr
Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	53 min
Apr 19, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	65 min
Apr 19, 10:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 19, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	45 min
Apr 19, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan, Marshall	23 min
Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	35 min
Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Hughes	23 min
Apr 19, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston	20 min
Apr 19, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall	57 min
Apr 19, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan	39 min
Apr 19, 11:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	41 min
Apr 19, 11:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	49 min
Apr 19, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	34 min
Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	19 min
Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	51 min
Apr 19, 11:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	32 min
Apr 20, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	44 min
Apr 20, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	50 min
Apr 20, 1:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Love	27 min
Apr 20, 1:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	18 min
Apr 20, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	35 min
Apr 20, 2:36 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Love	41 hr
Apr 20, 2:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	3 hr
Apr 20, 3:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc	2 hr
Apr 20, 5:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 8:21 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	12 hr
Apr 20, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	18 hr
Apr 20, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	30 min
Apr 20, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	20 min
Apr 20, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.