Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 565, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 10:40 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cotton County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 3903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.3
- Supercell composite
- 29.4
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 9, 3:53 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:53 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ACTIVE DAY ONCE AGAIN WITH SVR WX IN PROGRESS THIS AFTN. OUTFLO BNDRY FROM OVERNIGHT AND MRNG CONVECTION REMAINS NRLY E/W ACRS CNTRL/SRN PORTIONS OF THE FA THIS AFTN. OUTFLO INTERSECTS WITH DRY LINE ALG THE TX OK BRDR. TSTMS HAVE FIRED ALG THE DRY LINE THIS AFTN AND BCM RAPIDLY SVR IN VRY UNSTABLE AMS. SCT ACTIVITY HAS ALSO DVLPD ALG AND NORTH OF THE OUTFLO BNDRY. IN ADDITION TO SVR WX THRT...HVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE A GOOD PSBLTY. VERY MOIST AMS TO THE SOUTH WITH PROGS SHOWING SLY H8 JET IMPINGING ON E-W BNDRY TONIGHT. WITH VRY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVING ALREADY OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF CNTRL AND NRN OK WILL GO AHD AND ISSUE FFA FOR TONIGHT FOR THE AREA ALG AND NORTH OF THE OUTFLO BNDRY. ON SAT UPR SYS WILL CONT TO MOVE SLOWLY EWD INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS WHILE CDFNT MOVES INTO CNTRL PORTIONS OF THE FA. WILL AGAIN HAVE THRT OF TSTMS MAINLY IN CNTRL AND ERN SECS. FNTL BNDRY EXPECTED TO CONT SWD AND SHUD PUSH THROUGH SERN ZONES SUN MORNING. FINALLY LOOKS LIKE WE MAY BE ABLE TO DRY OUT AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN BEHIND FRONT AND UPR RDG DVLPS OVER THE ROCKIES. FCSTID = 02 OKC 68 84 59 75 / 60 4z0 40 20 HBR 63 84 59 75 / 80 40 30 10 SPS 68 87 62 77 / 40 40 40 20 GAG 58 78 52 72 / 40 20 10 10 PNC 65 80 57 72 / 60 40 40 10 DUA 75 89 65 78 / 20 20 40 40 .OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 04>031,033>036 .TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 640 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 300 PM 1 NNE ALTUS LAKE DAM OK TORNADO 6/9/95 KIOWA 320 PM MT. VIEW & HOBART OK GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 6/9/95 KIOWA 405 PM MT. VIEW OK 1.25 INCH HAIL 6/9/95 KIOWA 420 PM 5-6 S GOTEBO OK BRIEF TORNADO 6/9/95 KIOWA 455 PM 6-8 SW CHILICOTHE TX 3 TORNADOES 6/9/95 HARDEMAN 507 PM 6 SSE CHILICOTHE TX TORNADO 6/9/95 HARDEMAN 511 PM 3 E CHILICOTHE TX SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL 6/9/95 WILBARGER 515 PM 4 SW TOLBERT TX TORNADO 6/9/95 WILBARGER 558 PM 2 E SEMINOLE OK TORNADO 6/9/95 SEMINOLE 600 PM SE SIDE SEMINOLE OK TORNADO 6/9/95 SEMINOLE 616 PM 2 E SEMINOLE OK TORNADO 6/9/95 SEMINOLE FM
Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 2 hours before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
840 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
612 PM CROMWELL OK QUARTER SIZE HAIL
6/9/95 SEMINOLE
718 PM 6 S HOLLISTER OK 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/9/95 TILLMAN
730 PM 2 W CROWELL TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
6/9/95 FOARD
730 PM 4 SW GRANDFIELD OK TORNADO
6/9/95 TILLMAN
806 PM 4 SE GRANDFIELD OK LARGER THAN QUARTER
6/9/95 TILLMAN SIZE HAIL
800 PM VERNON TX FLOODING SW SIDE VERNON
6/9/95 WILBARGER US HWY 283 UNDER WATER
N OF VERNON
800 PM 5 NW BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
800 PM 7 E ELECTRA TX TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
809 PM 4.5 E ELECTRA TX 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/9/95 WICHITA
804 PM 9 W IOWA PARK TX BRIEF TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
820 PM S BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO AT AC PLANT
6/9/95 WICHITA BETWEEN BURKBURNETT
& WICHITA FALLS
832 PM E SIDE BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
835 PM N SIDE WICHITA FALLS TX 60 MPH WIND
6/9/95
FMLocal storm report, Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
840 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
612 PM CROMWELL OK QUARTER SIZE HAIL
6/9/95 SEMINOLE
718 PM 6 S HOLLISTER OK 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/9/95 TILLMAN
730 PM 2 W CROWELL TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL
6/9/95 FOARD
730 PM 4 SW GRANDFIELD OK TORNADO
6/9/95 TILLMAN
806 PM 4 SE GRANDFIELD OK LARGER THAN QUARTER
6/9/95 TILLMAN SIZE HAIL
800 PM VERNON TX FLOODING SW SIDE VERNON
6/9/95 WILBARGER US HWY 283 UNDER WATER
N OF VERNON
800 PM 5 NW BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
800 PM 7 E ELECTRA TX TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
809 PM 4.5 E ELECTRA TX 3/4 INCH HAIL
6/9/95 WICHITA
804 PM 9 W IOWA PARK TX BRIEF TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
820 PM S BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO AT AC PLANT
6/9/95 WICHITA BETWEEN BURKBURNETT
& WICHITA FALLS
832 PM E SIDE BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO
6/9/95 WICHITA
835 PM N SIDE WICHITA FALLS TX 60 MPH WIND
6/9/95
FMLocal storm report, Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1000 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM SHEPHERD AFB TX 85 MPH WIND
6/9/95 WICHITA
915 PM 2.5 SW DEAN TX 60 MPH WIND
6/9/95 CLAY
940 PM E SIDE VERNON TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
6/9/95 WILBARGER
950 PM VERNON TX 1 FOOT DEEP STREET
FLOODING IN VERNON.
US HWY 283 S OF VERNON
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER. US HWY 70 TO
CROWELL CLOSED BY HIGH
WATER.
FMLocal storm report, Jun 9, 10:05 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1000 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
900 PM SHEPHERD AFB TX 85 MPH WIND
6/9/95 WICHITA
915 PM 2.5 SW DEAN TX 60 MPH WIND
6/9/95 CLAY
940 PM E SIDE VERNON TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
6/9/95 WILBARGER
950 PM VERNON TX 1 FOOT DEEP STREET
FLOODING IN VERNON.
US HWY 283 S OF VERNON
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER. US HWY 70 TO
CROWELL CLOSED BY HIGH
WATER.
FMLocal storm report, Jun 9, 10:35 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1035 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 955 PM 9 W BURKBURNETT TX NICKEL SIZE HAIL 6/9/95 WICHITA 1000 PM 6 W BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO 6/9/95 WICHITA 1004 PM RYAN OK NICKEL SIZE HAIL 6/9/95 JEFFERSON 1015 PM W SIDE BURKBURNETT TX TORNADO 6/9/95 WICHITA 1015 PM WAURIKA OK QUARTER SIZE HAIL 6/9/95 JEFFERSON 1023 PM JCT I-44 & US-70 OK 3/4 INCH HAIL 6/9/95 W RANDLETT FM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Tillman | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 2:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jackson, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wichita | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wichita | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wichita | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Clay | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 52 min |
| Jun 10, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 11:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Clay | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Knox | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.