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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 640, NWS Norman, OK

July 19, 1995Ellis County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT for Ellis County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ellis County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1731 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
1731 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis40 min
Jul 20, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady47 min
Jul 20, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain48 min
Jul 20, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche27 min
Jul 20, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady67 min
Jul 20, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche67 min
Jul 20, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc35 min
Jul 20, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox51 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.