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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 1995Foard County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 9:52 AM CDT for Foard County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Foard County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1861 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 041453 RRA
SVROKC
TXC155-041545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
952 AM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN TEXAS
     FOARD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     CROWELL

AT 952 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES WEST OF CROWELL.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL TRACK ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF FOARD COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 60 MPH OR HIGHER...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEfAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

CHURCHILL

LAT...LON 3383  9964 3383 10002 3422 10002 3408  9962

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman40 min
Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman32 min
Jun 3, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman45 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger48 min
Jun 4, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHardeman3 hr
Jun 4, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox40 min
Jun 4, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox58 min
Jun 4, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman65 min
Jun 4, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger66 min
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman50 min
Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHardeman3 hr
Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman45 min
Jun 4, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman, Wilbarger45 min
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger45 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox41 min
Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWilbarger3 hr
Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger37 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor45 min
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHardeman3 hr
Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita65 min
Jun 4, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger47 min
Jun 4, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWichita36 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita64 min
Jun 4, 5:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNFoard3 hr
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHardeman, Wilbarger3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.