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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Norman, OK

June 8, 1995Garfield County, Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 10:47 PM CDT for Garfield County, Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Garfield County, OK, Logan County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3862 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
3862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 090349 RRA
SVROKC
OKC083-047-090430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1047 PM CDT THU JUN 08 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN LOGAN

IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN GARFIELD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     DOUGLAS AND MARSHALL

AT 1047 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DOUGLAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 60 MPH OR HIGHER...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY 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.


LAT...LON 3595  9739 3613  9768 3616  9778 3638  9784
          3620  9746

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward58 min
Jun 8, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major66 min
Jun 8, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWoods, Woodward6 hr
Jun 8, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods68 min
Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills65 min
Jun 8, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor68 min
Jun 8, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis62 min
Jun 8, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa6 hr
Jun 8, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant41 min
Jun 8, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills61 min
Jun 8, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble63 min
Jun 8, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis64 min
Jun 8, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNMajor6 hr
Jun 8, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey40 min
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis62 min
Jun 8, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward41 min
Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey60 min
Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher45 min
Jun 8, 11:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey49 min
Jun 8, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woodward62 min
Jun 8, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan55 min
Jun 8, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis47 min
Jun 9, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma49 min
Jun 9, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Woodward48 min
Jun 9, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan44 min
Jun 9, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan5 hr
Jun 9, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Major, Woodward46 min
Jun 9, 2:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma3 hr
Jun 9, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Major47 min
Jun 9, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma54 min
Jun 9, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo45 min
Jun 9, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian53 min
Jun 9, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher39 min
Jun 9, 5:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma3 hr
Jun 9, 5:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine113 min
Jun 9, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln47 min
Jun 9, 8:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma3 hr
Jun 9, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Payne68 min
Jun 9, 9:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan, Payne2 hr
Jun 9, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon55 min
Jun 9, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon55 min
Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer43 min
Jun 9, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant50 min
Jun 9, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer51 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa66 min
Jun 9, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson64 min
Jun 9, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay24 min
Jun 9, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa63 min
Jun 9, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo53 min
Jun 9, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie42 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo41 min
Jun 9, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole60 min
Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman50 min
Jun 9, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole52 min
Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNSeminole24 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman52 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNSeminole30 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman65 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.