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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 7, 1994Nowata County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1994, 10:41 PM CDT for Nowata County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1994, 10:41 PM CDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1994-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2119 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 1994-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 080342
SVRTUL
OKC105-131-080430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1041 PM CDT THU JUL 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NOWATA COUNTY...NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY
 
AT 1039 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CENTRALIA TO TALALA TO AVANT...MOVING TO THE
EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. NUMEROUS TREES HAVE BEEN BLOWN DOWN IN THE NOWATA
AREA FROM THESE STORMS.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
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
Jul 7, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage49 min
Jul 7, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage50 min
Jul 7, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington50 min
Jul 7, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers54 min
Jul 7, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington49 min
Jul 7, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig30 min
Jul 7, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig32 min
Jul 7, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa42 min
Jul 7, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa52 min
Jul 7, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes54 min
Jul 7, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa46 min
Jul 8, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa30 min
Jul 8, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner61 min
Jul 8, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner57 min
Jul 8, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair51 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.