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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 613, NWS Norman, OK

July 2, 1995Foard County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT for Foard County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Foard County, TX, Knox County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1607 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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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 Jul 2, 2:20 PM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:20 PM CDT, 7 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
215 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995

THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF TWO MID-LEVEL WAVES THAT SHOULD INCREASE UPWARD
MOTION OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING SHOWS UP THIS AFTERNOON NEAR
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.  THE MID-LEVEL MOISTURE AXIS, THAT RANGED FROM
THE BIG BEND TO SW KS THIS MORNING, SHOULD BE MOVING OVER THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  LATE AFTERNOON HEATING WILL LIKELY START STORMS TO
THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS STRONG WESTERLY FLOW MOVES THEM INTO
WESTERN ZONES THIS EVENING.  AS SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THIS WAVE BRINGS A
TEMPORARY END TO THE STORMS OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT, A
STRONGER WAVE WILL APPROACH THE AREA MONDAY.  THIS SECOND WAVE, LOCATED
OVER WA THIS AFTERNOON, WILL ARRIVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS A 50
KNOT JET STREAK IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS.  ADDITIONALLY,
A DRYLINE SHOULD SET UP ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE MONDAY MORNING PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR STORM INITIATION.  MID-LEVEL COOLING AND VERY WARM
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP THE LOWEST STABILITY ACROSS SOUTHERN
PARTS OF THE AREA.  THUNDERSTORM-SUSTAINING WIND FIELDS WILL ALSO BE
STRONGER ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

IN THE EXTENDED, THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO BE ADVERTISED BY THE MODELS
TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL OK TUESDAY, AND TAKE ITS TIME MOVING INTO THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.  THE END OF THE WEEK LOOKS DRY AND MUCH
WARMER, LIKELY HITTING 100 DEGREES IN THE SOUTHWEST ZONES BY FRIDAY.

HBR   66  89  67  87 /  40  20  20  30
SPS   68  93  70  92 /  40  30  20  30
GAG   64  86  65  83 /  30  20  20  20
PNC   65  87  69  84 /  40  30  20  30
DUA   69  92  73  90 /  40  60  20  30

.OK...NONE.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995

TIME(CDT)   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....

833 PM           WEWOKA              OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
7/2/95           SEMINOLE

840 PM           PEARSONS            OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
7/2/95           POTTAWATOMIE

845 PM           WEWOKA              OK       0.75 INCH CONTINUING AND
7/2/95           SEMINOLE                     POWER OUT IN TOWN

PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie49 min
Jul 2, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie45 min
Jul 2, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole42 min
Jul 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie47 min
Jul 2, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
Jul 2, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie42 min
Jul 2, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPottawatomie50 min
Jul 2, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNSeminole44 min
Jul 2, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc41 min
Jul 2, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie33 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc, Seminole32 min
Jul 2, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc34 min
Jul 2, 11:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc47 min
Jul 3, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole3 hr
Jul 3, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie52 min
Jul 3, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Pontotoc47 min
Jul 3, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay48 min
Jul 3, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc52 min
Jul 3, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCoal, Pontotoc3 hr
Jul 3, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal49 min
Jul 2, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox56 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.