Tornado Warning 50, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

May 22, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)

Expired

May 22, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 230053
TOROKC
OKC055-057-230145-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
750 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN GREER AND NORTHERN HARMON

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     HOLLIS...MADGE...MC KNIGHT...REED AND VINSON

AT 750 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MADGE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  PEOPLE IN AND NEAR
THE MADGE AND VINSON AREAS SHOULD TAKE SHELTER.

THE TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND DIFFICULT TO SEE.

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.  ABANDHON MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT.

LAT...LON 3477  9955 3464 10000 3503 10000 3503  9959
  _
SPEG

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 22, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
333 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

CDNFT FROM NRN KS INTO SERN CO WITH DRY LINE THRU CNTRL PTN OF OK AND TX
PANHANDLES THIS AFTN. TSTMS WHICH DVLPD ERLIER TODAY OVER NWRN OK HAVE
MOVED INTO SRN KS AS S/W MOVES OFF TO THE NE. TSTMS ARE RAPIDLY DVLPG
ALG THE DRY LINE AND EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE EASTWARD TOWRD WRN
PORTIONS OF THE FA. WILL BE DIFF FOR TSTMS TO DVLP VERY FAR SOUTH IN THE
MORE STGLY CAPPED AMS SO WILL KEEP HIEST POPS IN THE NW AND W CNTRL.
SIG S/W EXPECTED TO EJECT FROM UPR TROF IN THE SWRN U.S. AND MOVE OVER
THE AREA TUESDAY. CDFNT ALSO EXPECTED TO SLIDE SLOLY SWD INTO THE FA
DURG THE DAY. EXPECT WDSPRED TSTM ACTIVITY TUESDAY AS FNT PUSHES INTO
MOIST UNSTABLE AMS. FNT WILL BE SLO MOVING BCMG PARALLEL TO UPR FLO AND
HVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY. MAIN UPR TROF RMNS TO THE WEST WITH
IMPULSES CONTG TO EJECT OVR THE AREA SO WILL CONT WITH POPS THRU PD.

FCSTID=02
HBR   65  83  55  65 / 40  60  70  50
OKC   66  81  58  67 / 30  40  70  50
SPS   68  85  63  72 / 20  30  60  60
GAG   64  74  48  58 / 60  60  40  30
PNC   66  78  53  63 / 50  60  70  40
DUA   67  83  66  76 / 10  20  60  70

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

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.