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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 431, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 3, 1994LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1994, 3:38 PM CST for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 1994, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 1994, 4:15 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County LeFlore County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 12:00Z on 1994-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 281 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 12:00Z on 1994-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 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
281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Nov 3, 10:05 AM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 10:05 AM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:32 PM CST, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
332 PM CST THU NOV 03 1994

TIME (CST)     COUNTY/STATE     EVENT

310 PM         TULSA/OK         DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEAST
                                COLLINSVILLE

330 PM         ROGERS/OK        DIME SIZE HAIL IN OOLAGAH
Local storm report, Nov 3, 3:33 PM CST, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
332 PM CST THU NOV 03 1994

TIME (CST)     COUNTY/STATE     EVENT

310 PM         TULSA/OK         DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN NORTHEAST
                  0              COLLINSVILLE

330 PM         ROGERS/OK        DIME SIZE HAIL IN OOLAGAH

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, 2:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa48 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

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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.