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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Norman, OK

April 17, 1995Tillman County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1995, 5:12 AM CDT for Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 1995, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tillman County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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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 17, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens54 min
Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton54 min
Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady54 min
Apr 16, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson60 min
Apr 16, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens60 min
Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne47 min
Apr 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray63 min
Apr 16, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray52 min
Apr 16, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Johnston, Marshall62 min
Apr 16, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan50 min
Apr 17, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman46 min
Apr 17, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman38 min
Apr 17, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche40 min
Apr 17, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman40 min
Apr 17, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton26 min
Apr 17, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton36 min
Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton, Stephens40 min
Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Stephens43 min
Apr 16, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger54 min
Apr 16, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher45 min
Apr 16, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay44 min
Apr 16, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher66 min
Apr 17, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman50 min
Apr 17, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger45 min
Apr 17, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger43 min
Apr 17, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWilbarger28 min
Apr 17, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWichita, Wilbarger45 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.