Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 8:27 PM CDT for Carter County, Murray County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1995, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Carter County, OK, Murray County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 16, 2:01 PM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:01 PM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA 155 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISC DUE TO RPDLY DVLPG SVR STMS IN FCST AREA. WK FNT SHUD FALL IN PLACE BHND NRLY STNRY DRYLN ACRS NWRN OK...THEN LIFT BACK TO THE NW LATE TNGT AND ERLY MON. PREFER SLOER ETA SLON GVN THE W COAST SYS IS STILL DIGGING AT MIDDAY. THIS WOULD DELAY DRYLN SURGE A FEW HOURS. STG WINDS FLDS AND HI CAPE SUG SUPERCELL POTL TNGT AND ESP MONDAY. MON NGT-TUE SHUD SEE CLRG AND SUBSIDENCE WITH TREND TWD COOLER TEMPS. NEXT CHC OF PCPN WL BEGIN WED AS SWLY FLOW AND ISENTROPIC LIFT RETURN. DETAILS OF EFP QUITE UNCERTAIN DUE TO TIMING OF STG WVS...BUT INCRG MSTR AND SWLY FLOW ALFT SUG CHC OF STMS THRU PD WITH SLO WARMING. ..16.. HBR 60 79 47 73 / 40 40 10 0 OKC 66 78 50 72 / 30 50 10 0 SPS 67 80 52 75 / 20 50 10 0 GAG 53 71 42 69 / 20 20 0 0 PNC 62 76 47 69 / 50 50 10 0 DUA 66 79 54 75 / 10 40 50 10 .OKC...NONE. .TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-162230- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 315 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...AND WEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. A BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ON THE WARM...MOIST SIDE OF A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. A DRY LINE REMAINS OUT TO THE WEST...FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO WEST TEXAS...JUST EAST OF LUBBOCK. AS THESE STORMS MOVE AWAY FROM THE STATIONARY FRONT INTO A REGION WITH A STRONGER CAP...THEY SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. LITTLE PUSH EASTWARD ON THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. LATER TONIGHT...HOWEVER...AND ESPECIALLY TOWARD MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE FROM WEST TEXAS AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO WEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS...AND INTO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TEAMED WITH A FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS. A BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELL STORMS... IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVES OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A MUCH BETTER EASTWARD PUSH OF THE DRY LINE IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SPOTTER GROUPS FROM NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND INTO WEST SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS WILL NEED TO REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD ALSO LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOKS TO PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION LATE TONIGHT...AND ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY. DM
Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Stephens | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Stephens | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.