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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 501, NWS Norman, OK

June 6, 1995Pontotoc County, Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 7:25 AM CDT for Pontotoc County, Pottawatomie County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.1

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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 6, 4:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 4:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:30 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:37 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Major57 min
Jun 5, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield58 min
Jun 5, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay63 min
Jun 5, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton67 min
Jun 5, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield49 min
Jun 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson59 min
Jun 5, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble62 min
Jun 5, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne66 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield38 min
Jun 5, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson61 min
Jun 5, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble63 min
Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne64 min
Jun 6, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher53 min
Jun 6, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain41 min
Jun 6, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain49 min
Jun 6, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma50 min
Jun 6, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie42 min
Jun 6, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie67 min
Jun 6, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Oklahoma63 min
Jun 6, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole48 min
Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita52 min
Jun 5, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher62 min
Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay60 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita61 min
Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.