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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Norman, OK

June 2, 1995Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 3:32 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lincoln County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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

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 Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 022029
AFDOKC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
330 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

ACTIVE WX SHAPING UP FOR THIS NEWBIE.  MORNING TSTMS IN TX PNHDL HAVE
MAINTAINED AND ARE DRIFITING INTO FA WITH NEW ACTIVITY DVLPING IN CNTRL
OK IN RGN OF H8 AND H7 WAA AND NOSE OF LOW LVL MSTR.  LOW LVL MSTR HAS
INCRSD DRAMATICALLY...RESULTING IN MAPS LI APRCHNG -12 IN CNTRL OK.
TSTMS THAT DO DVLP WILL LKLY PRODUCE SOME SVR WX BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE
LATER THIS EVENING AS THE MID LVL FLOW WILL BE SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN YDA.
H7 WINDS ON PROFILERS RUNNING NEAR 10KTS ATTM ALTHO H2 WINDS ARE NEAR
80KTS.  DRY LINE IN W TX AND E NM BORDER WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR
ADDITIONAL TSTMS WHICH COULD EASILY MOVE INTO WRN ZONES BY LATE EVENING
AND CONTINUE EWD INTO REST OF FA XCPT SE ZONES EARLY SAT MORNING.
ETA MODEL CIN APPRS FAIRLY SMALL THROUGHOUT FIRST 3 PDS.

UPR RDG WL MV EWD BY TONIGHT AND UPR TROF WL MOV CLOSE ENUF FOR MID AND
UPR LVL WINDS TO INCRS OVER AREA SAT.  TROF DOES NOT MOVE MUCH ON SUN...
ACCORDING TO THE NGM WHILE ETA MOVS TROF VERY SLOWLY EWD. REGARDLESS...
GOOD CHNC FOR SHOWERS AND TSTRMS THROUGH 4TH PD...MAINLY IN THE
EVENING...AS THE DRYLINE IS PROGD TO STAY IN TX PNHDL.  EXTENDED WILL
HAVE A CONTINUING CHNC FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS AS ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWV
MOVES INTO SW US KEEPING LEE TROF/DRYLINE IN PLACE AND KEEPING THE COLD
FRNT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM IN KS.

TEMPS AND WINDS SHOULD NOT CHANGE TOO MUCH THROUGH FIRST 4 PDS.

#13/SNELSON

FIRST GUESS NUMBERS:
GAG 62/81/61/82 4355    PNC 66/81/65/84 4345    HBR 65/83/63/83 6455
SPS 67/86/64/87 4345    OKC 67/82/65/85 7345    DUA 62/86/66/88 4345

.OKC...NONE.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 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 52 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 49 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, 3:05 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
305 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

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

258 PM          3 WEST OF EDMOND     OK       GOLFBALL HAIL
6/2/95          OKLAHOMA

258 PM          AGRA                 OK       GOLFBALL HAIL
6/2/95          LINCOLN

CHURCHILL
Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
305 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995

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

258 PM  >        3 WEST OF EDMOND     OK       GOLFBALL HAIL
6/2/95          OKLAHOMA

258 PM          AGRA                 OK       GOLFBALL HAIL
6/2/95          LINCOLN

CHURCHILL

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, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw, Pushmataha45 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.