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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 708, NWS Norman, OK

July 23, 1995Custer County, Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 11:13 PM CDT for Custer County, Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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 1995-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 240413 RRA
SVROKC
OKC039-043-149-240500-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1113 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     CUSTER AND EASTERN DEWEY

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     WASHITA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ARAPAHO...BESSIE...CANTON LAKE...CLINTON...CLOUD CHIEF...
     COLONY...CORDELL...CORN...COWDEN...CUSTER CITY...FAY...
     HUCMAC...LAKE VALLEY...OAKWOOD...PUTNAM...STAFFORD...TALOGA
     ...THOMAS AND WEATHERFORD

AT 1113 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF
THOMAS... NORTHWEST OF STAFFORD... AND FROM CLOUD CHIEF TO NEAR COLONY.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL IN EXCESS OF GOLFBALL SIZE
IS LIKELY ALONG WITH WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER.

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 3514  9861 3514  9903 3568  9915 3615  9898
          3613  9864 3555  9864

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa43 min
Jul 23, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant63 min
Jul 23, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche43 min
Jul 23, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Cotton31 min
Jul 23, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon48 min
Jul 23, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson40 min
Jul 23, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Cotton31 min
Jul 23, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon34 min
Jul 23, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer44 min
Jul 23, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton32 min
Jul 23, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa46 min
Jul 23, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Harmon32 min
Jul 23, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson28 min
Jul 23, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Stephens47 min
Jul 23, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper52 min
Jul 23, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita46 min
Jul 23, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson45 min
Jul 23, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Tillman45 min
Jul 23, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods50 min
Jul 23, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian55 min
Jul 23, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher55 min
Jul 23, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche59 min
Jul 23, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman59 min
Jul 23, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward43 min
Jul 23, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita47 min
Jul 23, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa46 min
Jul 23, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods56 min
Jul 23, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine46 min
Jul 23, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman58 min
Jul 23, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian3 hr
Jul 23, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman48 min
Jul 24, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Major54 min
Jul 24, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma42 min
Jul 24, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher49 min
Jul 24, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman49 min
Jul 24, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer45 min
Jul 24, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie41 min
Jul 24, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble67 min
Jul 24, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne67 min
Jul 24, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma46 min
Jul 24, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole53 min
Jul 24, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc62 min
Jul 24, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens47 min
Jul 24, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie30 min
Jul 24, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer53 min
Jul 24, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes57 min
Jul 24, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Jul 24, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston62 min
Jul 24, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka63 min
Jul 24, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche40 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.