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2015 [KOUN] NORMAN Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 71

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Storm Based Warning History

656 
WFUS54 KOUN 162259
TOROUN
OKC065-075-141-162330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0071.150516T2259Z-150516T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
559 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 558 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  NEAR HUMPHREYS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
           HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIPTON...MANITOU...HEADRICK...HUMPHREYS AND HESS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO IS
DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3445 9929 3454 9933 3470 9898 3443 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 243DEG 27KT 3450 9923 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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251 
WWUS54 KOUN 162314
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

OKC065-075-141-162330-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150516T2330Z/
JACKSON OK-TILLMAN OK-KIOWA OK-
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTIES...
    
AT 614 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TIPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIPTON AND HEADRICK. 

LAT...LON 3450 9917 3461 9918 3470 9898 3449 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 239DEG 24KT 3455 9912 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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Permalink to 201505162259-KOUN-WFUS54-TOROUN
656 
WFUS54 KOUN 162259
TOROUN
OKC065-075-141-162330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.W.0071.150516T2259Z-150516T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
559 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 558 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  NEAR HUMPHREYS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
           HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIPTON...MANITOU...HEADRICK...HUMPHREYS AND HESS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO IS
DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3445 9929 3454 9933 3470 9898 3443 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 243DEG 27KT 3450 9923 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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251 
WWUS54 KOUN 162314
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

OKC065-075-141-162330-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150516T2330Z/
JACKSON OK-TILLMAN OK-KIOWA OK-
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN TILLMAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA
COUNTIES...
    
AT 614 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TIPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIPTON AND HEADRICK. 

LAT...LON 3450 9917 3461 9918 3470 9898 3449 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 239DEG 24KT 3455 9912 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

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