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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK

May 7, 1995Carter County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1995, 4:33 PM CDT for Carter County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Carter County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1995-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1311 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
1311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 072137
TOROKC
OKC019-072200-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
433 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEAST CARTER

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     ARDMORE...DICKSON...DURWOOD...GENE AUTRY...LONE GROVE AND
     OVERBROOK


AT 433 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN COOKE COUNTY OF NORTH TEXAS
MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS INTO
OKLAHOMA WEST OF MARIETTA NEAR RUBOTTOM AND LEON...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST
TOWARD ARDMORE AND LAKE MURRAY.

PERSONS
 IN ARDMORE AND LAKE MURRAY TAKE COVER NOW!!
DA
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita52 min
May 7, 9:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster49 min
May 7, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady45 min
May 7, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens3 hr
May 7, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJefferson3 hr
May 7, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills65 min
May 7, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon60 min
May 7, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woodward46 min
May 7, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon31 min
May 7, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer47 min
May 7, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray41 min
May 7, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Harmon37 min
May 7, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin38 min
May 7, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLove45 min
May 7, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc41 min
May 7, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Washita34 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson57 min
May 7, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Tillman57 min
May 7, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes, Seminole50 min
May 7, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter48 min
May 7, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita61 min
May 7, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman57 min
May 7, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray57 min
May 7, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey63 min
May 7, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Pontotoc37 min
May 7, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Major55 min
May 7, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa47 min
May 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Stephens40 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie51 min
May 7, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland51 min
May 7, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche48 min
May 7, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain, Pottawatomie40 min
May 7, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.