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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 2, 1994Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1994, 6:25 PM CST for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1994, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1994, 7:15 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Rogers County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1994-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 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 KTUL 030027
SVRTUL
OKC131-030115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
625 PM CST (725 PM CDT) SAT APR 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST (815 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ROGERS COUNTY
 
AT 622 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE CITY OF TULSA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS RESULTED IN DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF TULSA.
 
THE TOWNS OF CATOOSA AND INOLA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa56 min
Apr 2, 6:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa48 min
Apr 2, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner51 min
Apr 2, 7:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg63 min
Apr 2, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg30 min
Apr 2, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg48 min
Apr 2, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee43 min
Apr 2, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 min
Apr 2, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee50 min
Apr 2, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer47 min
Apr 2, 10:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore65 min
Apr 2, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee42 min
Apr 2, 10:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa30 min
Apr 2, 10:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee46 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell39 min
Apr 2, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore56 min
Apr 2, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh40 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.