Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1995, 12:43 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1995, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Marshall County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 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 30, 3:20 PM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
320 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
WMFNT NOW JUST S OF RED RVR AND DRYLN SITS ACRS WRN TX PNHDL INTO SW TX.
XPCT WMFNT TO CONT TO DRAG ITSELF NWD A LTL FARTHER THIS EVE AND
TNGT...PROB TO IMMED VCNTY OF RED RVR.
ALL MODELS BRNG S/W THRU THE RGN TNGT...AND ARE IN GENLY GOOD AGRMT ON
MOST FTRS. THE AVN DOES APPEAR A LTL QUICKER ON A FEW ITEMS...BUT NONE
THAT REALLY MEAN MUCH TO OUR FA. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE WL HAVE
ALL NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR LOTS OF RN THIS EVE AND TNGT ACRS MOST OF
THE FA. HAVE OPTED FOR A FF WATCH FOR AN IRREGULAR AREA GENLY INCLDG
MOST OF THE FAR NRN ZNS...ERN...SERN...AND S CNTRL ZNS. SEE LIST BLO.
BASED AREA MNLY ON FF GDNC VS AMT OF RN XPCTD. COORD ON FFA WITH TUL...
TOP...AND FTW.
SOME SVR TSTMS LKLY IN SRN 1/2 OF FA AND QUITE PSBL IN THE NRN 1/2.
HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH SWODY1 OR 2 ON THIS SUBJECT.
SEE NO GOOD RSN TO DEPART MUCH FM GDNC XCPT TO FAVOR FWC POP AT OKC
TNGT AS OPPOSED TO THE MUCH LWR FAN NUMBER.
FCSTID=23/RS
HBR 52 70 43 69 / 50 10 0 0
OKC 55 67 44 67 / 80 10 0 0
SPS 58 73 48 71 / 50 10 0 0
GAG 48 63 Z 36 68 / 30 0 0 0
PNC 51 60 40 66 / 80 20 0 0
DUA 62 68 48 68 / 90 30 10 0
.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...ZNS 5>8..13..19..20..26..30>32..38..
39..41>53.
.TX...NONE.In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 1, 12:34 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
OKZ004>007-009>012-014>018-021>024-010630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1235 AM CDT SUN APR 30 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 272 FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENxTRAL OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Love, Marshall | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 66 min |
| May 1, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 59 min |
| May 1, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Stephens | 59 min |
| May 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Stephens | 3 hr |
| May 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Murray | 3 hr |
| May 1, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 1, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 41 min |
| May 1, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 47 min |
| May 1, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 2 hr |
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.