Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 508, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT for Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Waynoka, OK |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 3672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 12.9
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 7, 4:25 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 330 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 MESONET OBS SHOW THAT CDFNT WHICH PUSHD INTO NWRN OK THIS MRNG IS BCMG STNRY IN THAT AREA THIS AFTN. VERY MOIST AMS HAS BEEN POISED TO THE SOUTH OF THE FNT WITH DEWPTS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80. STG CAP OVR THE AREA WILL BE DIFF TO OVERCOME THIS AFTN. BEST PSBLTY FOR SOMETHING TO BRK THRU THE CAP WILL BE IN NCNTRL OK IN THE VCNTY OF THE FNT WHERE MAPS DATA SHOWS GUD MOIST CONVERGENCE AND SFC TMPS ARE IN THE MID 90S. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP POPS REL LO SINCE CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH THAT CAP WILL BE BROKEN. MODELS ARE SIMILR IN HANDLING UPR SY NOW OVR NV MOVING IT SLOLY EWD THRU PD. MAIN FOCUS FOR TSTM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG E/W FNTL BNDRY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE FA. MODELS SHOW COOLG MID LVL TMPS 24 TO 48 HRS. IF THIS INDEED OCCURS TSTM WILL BECOME MORE LIKLY AS DRY LINE APCHS WRN ZONES ON FRI. FCSTID=02 OKC 72 91 73 90 / 10 10 20 20 HBR 73 96 73 95 / 10 20 20 30 SPS 71 91 71 89 / 10 20 20 30 GAG 63 92 65 88 / 20 20 20 30 PNC 75 93 75 91 / 20 20 20 30 DUA 75 90 75 90 / 10 10 10 10 .OK...NONE. .TX...NONE.P
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
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Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 945 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 945 PdM MOORELAND OK 3/4 INCH HAIL 6/7/95 WOODWARD FM
Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1007 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 945 PM 6-7 E WOODWARD OK 1.25 INCH HAIL 6/7/95 WOODWARD FM
Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1007 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 945 PM 6-7 E WOODWARD OK 1.25 INCH HAIL 6/7/95 WOODWARD FM
Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:22 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1022 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1020 PM 17 NNE MOORELAND OK QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6/7/95 WOODWARD FM
Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:25 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1022 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1020 PM 17 NNE MOORELAND OK QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6/7/95 WOODWARD FM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woods | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.