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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 3, 1994Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1994, 2:57 PM CST for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 1994, 2:57 PM CST (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 1994, 3:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1994-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 353 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
404 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 032058 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC131-143-032145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
257 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ROGERS COUNTY...NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLLINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
ACROSS COLLINSVILLE...AND TOWARD OOLAGAH DAM AND THE CITY OF OOLAGAH.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
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 tTHE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 7:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee45 min
Nov 3, 8:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee60 min
Nov 3, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee49 min
Nov 3, 9:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah2 hr
Nov 3, 11:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer33 min
Nov 3, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore41 min
Nov 3, 12:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore47 min
Nov 3, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell41 min
Nov 3, 1:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore47 min
Nov 3, 3:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore37 min
Nov 3, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner55 min
Nov 3, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Rogers58 min
Nov 3, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers64 min
Nov 3, 4:49 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore4 hr
Nov 3, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes65 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.