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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

February 26, 1995Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 1995, 7:29 PM CST for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 1995, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 26, 1995, 8:00 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 1995-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1047 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 1995-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1047 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Feb 26, 3:45 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:45 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 262142
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
345 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995

SCTD TSTMS DVLPG JUST AHD OF DRY LN MOVG THRU WRN OK SHUD CONT TO INCRS
IN CVRG DURG THE EVE HRS AS CNVRGNC ZN MOVS INTO DPR MSTR. WK CDFNT ACRS
NRN TX/ERN OK PNHDLS WL ALSO BE ADVANCING SEWD OVRNGT. UPR TROF/VORT MAX
MOVG THRU AREA... REACHING ERN OK BY MRNG... WL LEND SUPPORT TO E-SEWD
PROG OF SFC SYSTEMS. WL LEAVE IN LOW POPS FOR ERLY MON MRNG FOR CNTRL
ZNS... ENDING BY MIDDAY IN SERN ZNS. TEMPS WL CONT ABV NORMAL MOST AREAS
ON MON AS PAC FNT HAS LTL COOL AIR. HWVR... COLDER AIR WL BE MOVG INTO
AREA ON TUES AS SCNDRY SURGE OF CANADIAN AIR SPRDS INTO AREA. SCT RN WL
BE PSBL IN XTNDD PDS...PSBLY MIXD WITH ZR IN FAR NRN ZNS.

FCSTID=32
HBR   48  74  42  61 / 30  0   0   0
OKC   52  72  44  60 / 60  20  0   0
SPS   50  79  48  68 / 30  0   0   0
GAG   42  69  36  56 / 20  0   0   0
PNC   51  69  38  55 / 60  20  0   10
DUA   57  76  49  68 / 80  40  0   0

.OKC...NONE.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 26, 3:05 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
305 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995

TIME        COUNTY              EVENT

301 PM      BLAINE            NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT ROMAN NOSE
            H                  STATE PARK.

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Local storm report, Feb 26, 3:26 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
330 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995

TIME        COUNTY              EVENT

310 PM      BLAINE            3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL AT HITCHCOCK.

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Local storm report, Feb 26, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
330 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995

TIME        COUNTY              EVENT

310 PM      BLAINE            3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL AT HITCHCOCK.

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Local storm report, Feb 26, 4:52 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
455 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995

TIME        COUNTY              EVENT

301 PM      BLAINE            NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AT ROMAN NOSE STATE PARK

336 PM      BLAINE            A LITTLE LARGER THAN DIME-SIZED HAIL 5E
                              AND 1N OF WATONGA

345 PM      BLAINE            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND LITTLE LARGER IN
                              GEARY

349 PM      CANADIAN          NICKEL-SIZED HAIL 3W OF KARNS

357 PM      KINGFISHER        3/4 INCH HAIL IN LOYAL

420 PM      KINGFISHER        DIME-SIZED HAIL 8W AND 3N OF OKARCHE

425 PM      KINGFISHER        QUARTER-SIZED AND LARGER HAIL COVERING THE
        t                      GROUND 5W OF OKARCHE

427 PM      KINGFISHER        UP TO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 1NW OF OKARCHE

SN
Local storm report, Feb 26, 4:55 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
455 PM CST SUN FEB 26 1995

TIME        COUNTY              EVENT

301 PM      BLAINE            NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AT ROMAN NOSE STATE PARK

336 PM      BLAINE            A LITTLE LARGER THAN DIME-SIZED HAIL 5E
                              AND 1N OF WATONGA

345 PM      BLAINE            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND LITTLE LARGER IN
                              GEARY

349 PM      CANADIAN          NICKEL-SIZED HAIL 3W OF KARNS

357 PM      KINGFISHER        3/4 INCH HAIL IN LOYAL

420 PM      KINGFISHER        DIME-SIZED HAIL 8W AND 3N OF OKARCHE

425 PM      KINGFISHER        QUARTER-SIZED AND LARGER HAIL COVERING THE
                              GROUND 5W OF OKARCHE

427 PM      KINGFISHER        UP TO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 1NW OF OKARCHE

SN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 26, 6:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne39 min
Feb 26, 6:22 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNLogan23 min
Feb 26, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln44 min
Feb 26, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Logan42 min
Feb 26, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble48 min
Feb 26, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay43 min
Feb 26, 8:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln28 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.