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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 2, 1994Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1994, 11:59 PM CST for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1994, 11:59 PM CST (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1994, 1:00 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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°0°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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 2, 9:04 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 9:04 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
903 PM CST SAT APR 2 1994

SCTD STG/SVR TRW ONGOING OVR FA. VORT MAX NR END AT 02Z IS MOVG EWD AND
SHUD MOVE INTO ARK/MO AFT 06Z AND TAKE THREAT OF SVR WX EWD WITH IT.
COLD FRONT CONTS A GUD SEWD PUSH AND AT 0230Z EXTDD ACRS SRN PARTS OF
ZNS 68/69 SWWD TO A SFC LOW ABT 10 W MLC. EXPCT FRONT TO CONT MOVG SEWD
AND CLR SE CORNER BY 10Z. XPCT TRW TO CONT AHD OF UPR TROF/VORT MAX EVEN
NORTH OF THE FRONT THRU MIDNITE. TRW SHUD MOVE OUT OF OK BY 08 TO 09Z
AS CAA AND SUBSIDENCE DVLPS BEHIND THE SHORTWV AND COLD FRONT.

N WNDS ARE GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT...AND MAY MENTION CAUTIONS ON LAKES
OVR PARTS OF FA FOR A PD BEFORE WLNDS DIE DOWN LATER. WL ALSO MAKE
SOME FIRST PD ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS. LUKS LIKE EASTER SUN SHUD BE
SUNNY AND MILD AS TEMPS RECOVER TO 60S AFTR A COOL MORN.
                                                             /9

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:52 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
851 PM CST SAT APR 02 1994

TIME(CST)    COUNTY       EVENT

817 PM       PITTSBURG    QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN KIOWA...COVERED
                          THE GROUND

845 PM       OKMULGEE     NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN OKMULGEE
Local storm report, Apr 2, 9:00 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
859 PM CST SAT APR 02 1994

TIME(CST)    COUNTY       EVENT

835 PM       LATIMER      QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST OF
                          WILBU@RTON
Local storm report, Apr 2, 9:21 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
919 PM CST SAT APR 02 1994

TIME(CST)    COUNTY       EVENT

900 PM       MUSKOGEE     DIME SIZE HAIL AT BOYNTON

910 PM       LATIMER      DIME SIZE HAIL AT BENGAL
Local storm report, Apr 2, 9:33 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
925 PM CST SAT APR 02 1994

TIME(CST)    COUNTY       EVENT

600 PM       CREEK        DAMAGE IN DRUMRIGHT...COOLING TOWER AT THE
                          HOSPITAL WAS BLOWN OFF THE ROOF.  SEVERAL TREES
                          DOWN.  UTILITY LINES WERE DOWNED.
                          A NUMBER OF HOUSES HAD ROOF DAMAGE.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:43 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
OKC061-030545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1041 PM CST (1141 PM CDT) SAT APR 2 1994

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 1040 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR FORT SMITH TO NEAR KINTA IN HASKELL COUNTY.  THESE
STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH THROUGH HASKELL COUNTY
BETWEEN NOW AND 1130 PM.

HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 11:52 PM CST, 7 minutes before
OKZ054>077-030645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1150 PM CST (1250 AM CDT) SAT APR 2 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NUMBER 52 THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.

THE LAST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAD MOVED INTO
WESTERN ARKANSAS.  AT 1150 PM A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL SCATTERED
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY BETWEEN TULSA AND FORT SMITH.  THESE
STORMS WERE NOT SEVERE AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AS
THEY MOVE OUT OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

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, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers50 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
Apr 2, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian53 min
Apr 3, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALogan62 min
Apr 3, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAJohnson60 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.