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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Norman, OK
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 3 hr |
| May 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 64 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Washita | 31 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 41 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 62 min |
| May 26, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 3 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.