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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Norman, OK

April 19, 1995Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 8:56 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 1995, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pontotoc County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 19, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
335 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

110 PM     SE SIDE OF WICHITA FALLS  TX     3/4 INCH HAIL
04/19/95   WICHITA

115 PM     2.5 SW DEAN               TX     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
04/19/95   CLAY

120 PM     2 NE SCOTLAND             TX     3/4 INCH HAIL
04/19/95   ARCHER

125 PM     CHARLIE                   TX     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
04/19/95   CLAY

140 PM     8 NW PETROLIA             TX     NICKEL SIZE HAIL
04/19/95   CLAY

145 PM     7 S 2 E TEMPLE            OK     3/4 INCH HAIL
04/19/95   COTTON

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	43 min
Apr 19, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cotton	39 min
Apr 19, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	48 min
Apr 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	46 min
Apr 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	46 min
Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Murray	35 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	61 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	McClain	61 min
Apr 19, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	56 min
Apr 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter	27 min
Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Murray	30 min
Apr 19, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, Marshall	64 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	61 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	61 min
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan	32 min
Apr 19, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	45 min
Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pushmataha	50 min
Apr 19, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.