Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 445, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT for Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Baylor County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1020 AM KNOX CITY TX 21/2 INCH HAIL NORTH SIDE OF 06/4/95 KNOX KNOX CITY. 1040 AM RHINELAND TX 1 INCH HAIL IN RHINELAND. 06/4/95 KNOX J
Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1045 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1020 ATM KNOX CITY TX 21/2 INCH HAIL NORTH SIDE OF 06/4/95 KNOX KNOX CITY. 1040 AM RHINELAND TX 1 INCH HAIL IN RHINELAND. 06/4/95 KNOX J
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-051100- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1230 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA CITY...TO MARIETTA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LIES NEAR THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OR MOVE SLOWLY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THIS BOUNDARY AND ALSO NEAR A DRY LINE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST INTO OKLAHOMA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH WINDS WHICH VARY FROM SOUTHEAST NEAR THE GROUND TO SOUTHWEST IN MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN ONE-HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. BSC
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-051100- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1230 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA...TO OKLAHOMA CITY...TO MARIETTA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF RAIN-COOLED AIR FROM OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LIES NEAR THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN STATIONARY OR MOVE SLOWLY NORTH INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING NEAR THIS BOUNDARY AND ALSO NEAR A DRY LINE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NORTHEAST INTO OKLAHOMA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH WINDS WHICH VARY FROM SOUTHEAST NEAR THE GROUND TO SOUTHWEST IN MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN ONE-HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. BSC
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM HOLLIS OK SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
06/4/95 HARMON TORRIENTIAL RAIN WITH
FLOODING ALL OVER THE AREA.
1255 PM GRANITE OK HWY 6 SOUTH OF GRANITE
06/4/95 GREER WASHED OUT. WATER ALL AROUND
THE AREA.
JLocal storm report, Jun 4, 1:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 PM HOLLIS OK SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS
06/4/95 HARMON TORRIENTIAL RAIN WITH
FLOODING ALL OVER THE AREA.
1255 PM GRANITE OK HWY 6 SOUTH OF GRANITE
06/4/95 GREER WASHED OUT. WATER ALL AROUND
THE AREA.
JThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harmon | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 113 min |
| Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 114 min |
| Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson | 110 min |
| Jun 3, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 12:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 110 min |
| Jun 4, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 1:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Payne | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 58 min |
| Jun 4, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Custer | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Washita | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Harmon | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Greer | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 32 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.