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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Norman, OK

May 25, 1995Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cotton County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 25, 2:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 12:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-261200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND OVER THE WESTERN PART
OF NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ERICK TO
WAURIKA.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS.

THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

COOL AND STABLE AIR AT THE SURFACE CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON.   THE DEPTH OF THIS LAYER IS RELATIVELY SHALLOW...AND STRONG
STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND REDEVLOP IN WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.  ALTHOUGH HAIL IS
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN.

THE FRONT THAT USHERED IN THE COOL AND STABLE AIR CONTINUES TO STRETCH
ACROSS NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL TEXAS.  THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO RETREAT
SLOWLY NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT ALLOWING GREATER INSTABILITY TO RETURN TO
PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN
DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HEAVY RAIN TO THE NORTH OF
THE FRONT.  HOWEVER SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT.

SPOTTER GROUPS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH
TEXAS SHOULD STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
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Local storm report, May 25, 1:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
145 PM CDT THU MAY 25 1995

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

125 PM      HENRIETTA               TX     0.88 INCH HAIL ON THE EAST
5/25/95     CLAY                           SIDE OF HENRIETTA

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw3 hr
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw45 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw3 hr
May 25, 1:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw2 hr
May 25, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan43 min
May 25, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher67 min
May 25, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay46 min
May 25, 1:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNClay3 hr
May 25, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNArcher, Wichita3 hr

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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.