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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Norman, OK

May 22, 1995Beckham County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT for Beckham County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 1995, 9:35 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Beckham County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 230216
TOROKC
OKC009-230235-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 935 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN BECKHAM

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     TEXOLA

AT 915 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO
12 MILES SOUTH OF TEXOLA MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3505  9979 3504 10000 3526 10000 3512  9978
  _
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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 May 22, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 8:43 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO TEXT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
840 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

840 PM    REED                      OK    1.75 INCH HAIL IN REED.
05/22/95  GREER

840 PM    REED                      OK    NUMEROUS REPORTS BY PUBLIC OF
05/22/95  GREER                      *     2.00-2.75 INCH HAIL WITHIN A
                                          5 MILE RADIUS OF REED.
MCCAMMON

Local storm report, May 22, 8:51 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
855 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....ClOUNTY LOCATION....

850 PM    MANGUM                     OK    1.5 INCH HAIL IN MANGUM.
05/22/95  GREER

MCCAMMON

Local storm report, May 22, 8:54 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
855 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....C~OUNTY LOCATION....

842 PM    REED                     OK    4 INCH HAIL IN REED
05/22/95  GREER                          REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.

MCCAMMON

Local storm report, May 22, 8:58 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
858 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

855 PM    TEXOLA                    OK    BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN TEXOLA
05/22/95  BECKHAM                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

J

Local storm report, May 22, 9:02 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
903 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

900 PM    TEXOLA                    OK    2 TO 3 INCH HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH
05/22/95  BECKHAM                         OF TEXOLA.  CAR WINDSHIELDS
                                          BROKEN. REPORTED BY EOC.

J

Local storm report, May 22, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
914 PM CDT MON MAY 22 1995

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
          ....COUNTY LOCATION....

911 PM    TEXOLA                    OK   TORNADO IN TEXOLA.
05/22/95  BECKHAM

MCCAMMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	69 min
May 22, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	55 min
May 22, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	55 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	44 min
May 22, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	38 min
May 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham	24 min
May 22, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	38 min
May 22, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	65 min
May 22, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	28 min
May 22, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	45 min
May 22, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	28 min
May 22, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer	36 min
May 22, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	31 min
May 23, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Tillman	49 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	53 min
May 23, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Tillman	47 min
May 23, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	61 min
May 23, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	60 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.