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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 1995Tillman County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 11:16 PM CDT for Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Tillman County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3903 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 100417
TOROKC
OKC141-100500-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1116 PM CDT FRI JUN 09 1995

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

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN TILLMAN

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     HOLLISTER AND LOVELAND

AT 1116 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLLISTER.

THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

TAKE COVER NOW. THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  OTHERWISE...SEEK
SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR
BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHERN TEXAS UNTIL 300AM CDT.


LAT...LON 3419  9871 3419  9897 3441  9898 3441  9871
CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman47 min
Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton62 min
Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton65 min
Jun 9, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson63 min
Jun 9, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton46 min
Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman62 min
Jun 9, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton65 min
Jun 9, 11:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCotton, Tillman3 hr
Jun 9, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton56 min
Jun 10, 12:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton29 min
Jun 10, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson62 min
Jun 10, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton63 min
Jun 10, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman62 min
Jun 10, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton33 min
Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson46 min
Jun 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton63 min
Jun 10, 2:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCotton, Jackson, Tillman3 hr
Jun 10, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton51 min
Jun 10, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer39 min
Jun 10, 8:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis57 min
Jun 10, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman3 hr
Jun 10, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc61 min
Jun 10, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey53 min
Jun 10, 11:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens6 hr
Jun 10, 11:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson, Tillman6 hr
Jun 10, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine40 min
Jun 10, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher57 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.