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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 1995Harmon County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT for Harmon County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

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

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Harmon County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 1738 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 040059
TOROKC
OKC057-040145-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
800 PM CDT SAT JUN 03 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
     SOUTHERN HARMON

AT 800 PM CDT SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ALONG THE RED RIVER TO THE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF GOULD.  MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 10 TO 15 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
BO^DY.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING OR LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT.

CHURCHILL

LAT...LON 3453  9967 3449  9981 3458  9993 3462  9991
          3465  9969

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 Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

FPUS3 KOKC 032023
AFDOKC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

UPR LOW REMAINS OVR NERN UT WITH SVRL SHTWVS ROTATING TWD FA. ONE WV
MOVG NEWD THRU NM WITH ANOTHER ONECOMING INTO WRN AZ. SFC BNDRY ACRS
SCNTL OK WHICH WL LKLY FOCUS CNVCTV DVLPMNT. ANOTHER FEATURE OF INTEREST
IS CNVTV-INDUCED VORT MAX BTWN CDS AND LTS WHICH IS BARELY CRAWLING EWD
ALG BDNRY. EXPCT MAIN PCPN AREA OF INITIATE IN TX PNHDL AND MV INTO WRN
ZNS THIS EVENG. ALSO PSBL THAT CNVTN WL FORM E OF CNVTV VORT IN SCNTRL
ZNS...BUT THIS AREA HAS STGR CAP AND WONT GET AS MUCH SFC HEATING AS
FURTHER W. WL ISSUE FFA FOR MOST OF WRN OK...BUT AREA MAY NEED TO BE
EXTNDD FURTHER E IF CNVTN REMAINS ORGANIZED INTO CNTRL ZNS OR IF LCL
COOLING ALF WITH CNVCTV VORT MAX IS SUFFICIENT TO BREAK CAP. PDS OF TRW
EXPCTD THRU SHORT TERM WITH CHANCES TAPERING OFF IN THE EXTDD PD. ..04..

GAG 60/81/61/82 8464    PNC 65/82/65/82 4354    HBR 68/85/65/85 7464
SPS 69/88/68/89 6344    OKC 65/82/65/82 4354    DUA 70/86/70/84 3344

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT WRN OK ZNS 4>6..9>11..14>17..21>23..
       33>38..44.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

200 AM         6 SSW ERICK            OK       0.88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/95          BECKHAM

625 PM         2N 1W LAKE VALLEY      OK       0.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/95          WASHdITA

PM

Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
645 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995

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

200 AM         6 SSW ERICK            OK       0.88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/95          BECKHAM

625 PM         2N 1W LAKE VALLEY      OK       0.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/95          WASHITA

PM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	45 min
Jun 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	44 min
Jun 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	40 min
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	45 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	46 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	40 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	35 min
Jun 3, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	50 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	47 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	46 min
Jun 3, 9:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	2 hr
Jun 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson	47 min
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	42 min
Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	50 min
Jun 3, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan	45 min
Jun 3, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	42 min
Jun 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	45 min
Jun 3, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	36 min
Jun 3, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	45 min
Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	31 min
Jun 3, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	45 min
Jun 3, 11:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	113 min
Jun 3, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	48 min
Jun 3, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	46 min
Jun 3, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Logan	114 min
Jun 3, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	40 min
Jun 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	110 min
Jun 3, 11:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Tillman	33 min
Jun 4, 12:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche, Tillman	50 min
Jun 4, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	63 min
Jun 4, 12:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	65 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	62 min
Jun 4, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	62 min
Jun 4, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	2 hr
Jun 4, 1:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Logan	110 min
Jun 4, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	61 min
Jun 4, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	55 min
Jun 4, 1:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	2 hr
Jun 4, 1:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	57 min
Jun 4, 2:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Payne	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	57 min
Jun 4, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	64 min
Jun 4, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	58 min
Jun 4, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	63 min
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian	2 hr
Jun 4, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	58 min
Jun 4, 4:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Jun 4, 5:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Washita	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	52 min
Jun 4, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	36 min
Jun 4, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	50 min
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	50 min
Jun 4, 12:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	3 hr
Jun 4, 12:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	40 min
Jun 4, 2:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	37 min
Jun 4, 3:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Harmon	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	45 min
Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	60 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	43 min
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	3 hr

Nearby

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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.