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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK
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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
JLocal 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. J
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. J . J
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
SNLocal 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
SNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 23 min |
| Feb 26, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan | 42 min |
| Feb 26, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 48 min |
| Feb 26, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 43 min |
| Feb 26, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 28 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.