Tornado Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Apr 30, 1995, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)

Expired

Apr 30, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Carter County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KOKC 010401
TOROKC
OKC019-010445-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1057 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     CARTER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ARDMORE...GRAHAM...LONE GROVE...MILO AND WOODFORD

AT 1057 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONE GROVE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS BETWEEN LONE GROVE AND FOX SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW!

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE
HARD TO SEE.  TAKE COVER NOW.  A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST  FLOOR. YOU
MAY ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.  REMAIN
UNDER COVER UNTIL YOU ARE CERTAIN THE STORM IS PAST.

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


LAT...LON 3414  9708 3416  9738 3441  9747 3437  9724
DA

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDT, 7 hours 37 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
320 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

WMFNT NOW JUST S OF RED RVR AND DRYLN SITS ACRS WRN TX PNHDL INTO SW TX.
XPCT WMFNT TO CONT TO DRAG ITSELF NWD A LTL FARTHER THIS EVE AND
TNGT...PROB TO IMMED VCNTY OF RED RVR.

ALL MODELS BRNG S/W THRU THE RGN TNGT...AND ARE IN GENLY GOOD AGRMT ON
MOST FTRS.  THE AVN DOES APPEAR A LTL QUICKER ON A FEW ITEMS...BUT NONE
THAT REALLY MEAN MUCH TO OUR FA.  ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE WL HAVE
ALL NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR LOTS OF RN THIS EVE AND TNGT ACRS MOST OF
THE FA.  HAVE OPTED FOR A FF WATCH FOR AN IRREGULAR AREA GENLY INCLDG
MOST OF THE FAR NRN ZNS...ERN...SERN...AND S CNTRL ZNS.  SEE LIST BLO.
BASED AREA MNLY ON FF GDNC VS AMT OF RN XPCTD.  COORD ON FFA WITH TUL...
TOP...AND FTW.

SOME SVR TSTMS LKLY IN SRN 1/2 OF FA AND QUITE PSBL IN THE NRN 1/2.
HAVE NO COMPLAINTS WITH SWODY1 OR 2 ON THIS SUBJECT.

SEE NO GOOD RSN TO DEPART MUCH FM GDNC XCPT TO FAVOR FWC POP AT OKC
TNGT AS OPPOSED TO THE MUCH LWR FAN NUMBER.

FCSTID=23/RS
HBR   52  70  43  69 / 50  10  0   0
OKC   55  67  44  67 / 80  10  0   0
SPS   58  73  48  71 / 50  10  0   0
GAG   48  63 Z 36  68 / 30  0   0   0
PNC   51  60  40  66 / 80  20  0   0
DUA   62  68  48  68 / 90  30  10  0

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...ZNS 5>8..13..19..20..26..30>32..38..
                                       39..41>53.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

OKZ049-010000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
555 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 271 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.  THE IMM@EDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS
ENDED...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT IS STILL POSSIBLE
LATER TONIGHT.

RS

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.