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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 365, NWS Norman, OK

June 2, 1995Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 Jun 2, 3:52 AM CDT, 10 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:52 AM CDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-031130-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE
WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS.

STRONG WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE
MORNING. LOW LEVEL  MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN
TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.  THIS INFLUX OF MOISTURE
ALONG WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY
UNSTABLE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
ANTICIPATED...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BECOME WIDESPREAD THEY MAY MAINTAIN
THEMSELVES WELL INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD
STAY INFORMED ON DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

IT APPEARS THAT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AGAIN ON SATURDAY...AS A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE ROCKIES.

DGN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

1110 PM                              OK       QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
6/1/95          LOVE CO.                      NORTH OF RED RIVER ON I-35

FM
Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

1110 PM                              OK       QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
6/1/95          LOVE CO.                      NORTH OF RED RIVER ON I-35

FM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-031130-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE
WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS.

STRONG WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE
MORNING. LOW LEVEL  MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN
TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.  THIS INFLUX OF MOISTURE
ALONG WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY
UNSTABLE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
ANTICIPATED...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD INTO WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. IF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS BECOME WIDESPREAD THEY MAY MAINTAIN
THEMSELVES WELL INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD
STAY INFORMED ON DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

IT APPEARS THAT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AGAIN ON SATURDAY...AS A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE ROCKIES.

DGN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love, Marshall54 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha32 min
Jun 1, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall48 min
Jun 1, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw44 min
Jun 1, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter49 min
Jun 1, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter27 min
Jun 1, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove35 min
Jun 1, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove27 min
Jun 2, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha35 min
Jun 2, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha60 min
Jun 2, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan39 min
Jun 2, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln67 min
Jun 2, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma61 min
Jun 2, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln58 min
Jun 2, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne49 min
Jun 2, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma32 min
Jun 2, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha42 min
Jun 2, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan39 min
Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland50 min
Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor48 min
Jun 2, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma30 min
Jun 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha50 min
Jun 2, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Payne48 min
Jun 2, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie54 min
Jun 2, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc55 min
Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods50 min
Jun 2, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole43 min
Jun 2, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes66 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods50 min
Jun 2, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw, Pushmataha44 min
Jun 2, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc41 min
Jun 2, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw, Pushmataha45 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.