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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 1995Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 5:22 PM CDT for Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wilbarger County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
601 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 092224
TOROKC
TXC487-092315-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 09 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHERN TEXAS
     NORTHERN WILBARGER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     VERNON

AT 522 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATE A LARGE TORNADO NEAR
FARMERS VALLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF VERNON. PERSONS FROM VERNON
TO FARMERS VALLEY SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW!!

THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION -- TAKE COVER NOW.  THIS
TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INCREDIBLE DESTRUCTION.   ACT
QUICKLY...YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT.  MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW
GROUND IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT.
DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR.

THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...OR
LARGER.

&

LAT...LON 3411  9897 3408  9947 3427  9946 3427  9925
DA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman46 min
Jun 9, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman64 min
Jun 9, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard53 min
Jun 9, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman54 min
Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHardeman, Wilbarger60 min
Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman40 min
Jun 9, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWilbarger52 min
Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman46 min
Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger2 hr
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger65 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.