[ARRL-OK] Storm Prediction Center 040304's Storm Reports

Fri, 5 Mar 2004 21:06:44 -0600

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
530 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

...OKLAHOMA TORNADO DROUGHT COMES TO AN END...

THE TORNADO DROUGHT IN OKLAHOMA CAME TO AN END ON THURSDAY MARCH 4,
2004, WHEN AN F0 RATED TORNADO OCCURRED IN SEQUOYAH COUNTY, 2 MILES
NORTH OF THE TOWN OF MULDROW. THE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS CONFIRMED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ON FRIDAY.

THE LAST TORNADO TO TOUCHDOWN IN OKLAHOMA PRIOR TO THIS EVENT
OCCURRED ON MAY 16, 2003, WHICH BROUGHT THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITHOUT A
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA TO 292. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR OKLAHOMA WAS 248
DAYS THAT BEGAN ON JULY 16, 1990 AND RAN THROUGH MARCH 21, 1991.
NATIONALLY, THE LONGEST RECORDED TIME BETWEEN TORNADO EVENTS IS 52
DAYS FROM DECEMBER 12, 1985 TO FEBRUARY 1, 1986. THE SPAN OF 292
DAYS IS THE LONGEST PERIOD WITHOUT A TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA SINCE
DETAILED RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN 1950.

THURSDAY WAS A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER DAY FOR MUCH OF OKLAHOMA.
INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
STATE WHICH COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO THE CONFIRMATION OF ADDITIONAL
TORNADIC ACTIVITY.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Colston" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [ARRL-OK] Storm Prediction Center 040304's Storm Reports

>
> <http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/040304_rpts.html>
>
> Weather Channel reports Oklahoma's 292-day streak with no tornados ended.
>
> I don't see anything here.  There was a tornado warning in Comanche
> County.  No tornado was reported, that I saw.
>
> Where did our string break?
>
>
>
> -- 
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