Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1995, 4:57 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 13 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1995, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1995, 5:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pottawatomie County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 26, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 300 PM CDT WED APR 26 1995 SFC WV ALG CDFNT NOW MOVG NEWD INTO KS SO FNT MAKING GUD PROGRESS. LTST MESONET PLOT SHOWS BNDRY FM NR PNC-PWA-JUST E FSI. WNDS JUST AHD OF FNT ARE SWLY...BUT EXPCT S WNDS TO CONT OVR THE SE WHICH WL ENHANCE CNVGC. 18Z OUN RAOB SHOWS STOUT CAP...BUT FNTL CNVGC AND STG LIFT WITH WV SHUD ALLOW AT LEAST A FEW TRW ALG CDFNT. WL KEEP POPS IN THE CHC CATEGORY ALG/AHD OF FNT. EXTNSV LO CLDS BEHIND FNT SEEM TO BE ERODING FM THE W...SO EXPCT SKIES TO CLEAR OUT LT TNGT AS DRYER LO LVL AIR MOVES IN. IT SEEMS STRANGE TO FCST LO CLDS BREAKING UP AT 05Z...BUT WITH DRY ADVCTN AND NO RESIDUAL GROUND MSTR...THIS SEEMS RSNBL. WNDS WL CONT VRY STG THRU 05Z BEHING FNT AND WL CONT WITH WND ADVSYS THRU MIDNGT. FNT WL MOVE OUT OF OK BY 12Z GIVING US FAIR WX ON THU AS RDG MOVES IN. MSTR WL NOT BE PUSHED VRY FAR S INTO TX...SO IT WL BE LURKING. ALL MDLS SHOW STG WAA/VERT MOTION INTO WRN HLF OF FA BY 12Z FRI AND MSTR SHUD COME ON BACK. WL INCLUDE POPS THU NGT IN THE W AND CONT THEM THRU SAT AS THE NEXT UPR SYS/CDFNT MOVES THRU. ..04.. GAG 35/62/45/70 1024 PNC 40/65/49/71 1013 HBR 42/65/48/72 1024" SPS 45/69/50/78 1024 OKC 43/63/50/70 2013 DUA 48/68/50/75 4112 .OKC...WND ADVY TIL 05Z ZNS 004>053. .TX...WND ADVY TIL 05Z ZNS 083>090.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-262300- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 320 PM CDT WED APR 26 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS SHIFTED EAST IN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CUSHING TO SHAWNEE TO PAULS VALLEY TO BELLEVUE TEXAS IN CLAY COUNTY. A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. ON THE MID AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP THE FRONT EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF PONCA CITY TO JUST WEST OF STILLWATER...ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA TO JUST WEST OF DUNCAN AND JUST EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. ADEQUATE MOISTURE RIS IN PLACE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...HOWEVER LOW LEVEL WIND AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN WEAK. BY THE TIME THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OCCURS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT SHOULD BE EAST OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA. DM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston | 50 min |
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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.