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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Norman, OK

May 26, 1995Baylor County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 3:20 PM CDT for Baylor County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1995, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Baylor County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

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 May 26, 12:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 12:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-262300-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1250 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THE AREA IS
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA OKLAHOMA TO HENRIETTA TEXAS.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
FOR THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA EAST OF THE
MODERATE RISK AREA.

LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK OF FLASH
FLOODING OVERNIGHT MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE
WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS.

EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH TEXAS. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT... A
RELATIVELY SHALLOW LAYER OF COOL AIR REMAINED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. ABOVE THIS SHALLOW COOL AIRMASS SOUTH WINDS WERE
BRINGING WARM... MOIST AIR NORTHWARD. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WARM MOIST AIR
RIDES UP OVER THE SHALLOW COOL AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT FROM
THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE HAIL.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHERE THE AIRMASS WILL BE MORE UNSTABLE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. APPROACHES THE REGION. MEANWHILE...
INCREASINGLY MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS
OKLAHOMA AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS TO THE NORTH.

ELEWHERE... A DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN FAR WEST TEXAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE AS IT APPROACHES WESTERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT.

HEAVY RAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA... AS WELL
AS THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS HAS LEFT THE
GROUND SATURATED AND MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS FULL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE AREA DUE TO THE
LIKELIHOOD OF ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.

SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREA SHOULD STAY INFORMED ON THE LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan3 hr
May 25, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman52 min
May 26, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma3 hr
May 26, 5:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo3 hr
May 26, 7:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
May 26, 7:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLincoln3 hr
May 26, 8:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma3 hr
May 26, 8:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady3 hr
May 26, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita64 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWashita31 min
May 26, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster41 min
May 26, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox44 min
May 26, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox62 min
May 26, 6:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger3 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.