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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Norman, OK

May 14, 1995Archer County, Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 10:59 PM CDT for Archer County, Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Archer County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5992 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
5992 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 150401
SVROKC
TXC009-485-487-150445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1059 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN TEXAS
     NORTHERN ARCHER...WICHITA AND EASTERN WILBARGER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     DUNDEE...HOLLIDAY...IOWA PARK...KAMAY...LAKE
     KICKAPOO...LAKE WICHITA...VALLEY VIEW...WICHITA FALLS...
     BURKBURNETT...ELECTRA AND MAGNOLIA

AT 1059 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER DUNDEE.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM.  SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND AVOID
USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNXTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.


LAT...LON 3367  9845 3361  9897 3429  9902 3424  9857

PURPURA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor46 min
May 14, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay, Wichita42 min
May 15, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.