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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 440, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 3, 1994Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1994, 8:00 PM CST for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 1994, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 1994, 8:45 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

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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, 4:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 4:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994

TSTMS FORMING OVER VIRTUALLY ALL OF FA WITH AMPLE MOISTURE IN SERN
ZNS AND SURFACE HEATING IN NERN ZNS.  MORNING SOUNDINGS SHOD LITTLE
CAPPING AND STEEP LAPSE RATES TO WORK WITH.  CD FNT STILL APPRS AHD OF
SCHDL.  NEXRAD SHOS FNT ALRDY INTO NWRN ZNS.  AM WONDERING IF IT WL
STALL OUT OVR NERN ZNS TEMPORARILY TMRW. THUS A BIG ? OF TIMING.  BLV
PCPN WL CONTINUE BHND FNT WITH MAJORITY OF PVA TRACKING ACRS FA EARLY
SAT MORN. ALSO WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MAY AFFECT XTRM NE ZNS SAT AFTN.
ETA IS MDL OF CHOICE FOR UPPR LVLS.  NGM IS TO FAST AND TO FAR N AND
AVN TO SLO. BLV AVN HANDLED BEST AT SFC WI"TH SAGGING OF FNT OVR TX.
ZNS BHND SCHDL DUE TO SVR WX. 21

TUL 63/67 46/56 7652
MLC 69/74 56/62 8742
BVO 56/64 44/52 6652
IDB 68/74 58/60 6852
.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Nov 3, 7:07 PM CST, 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
707 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994

TIME (CST)     COUNTY/STATE     EVENT

620 PM         TULSA/OK         DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE EAST OF OWASSO

700 PM        LE FLORE/OK       DIME SIZE HAIL IN HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers58 min
Nov 3, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa20 min
Nov 3, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore50 min
Nov 3, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers63 min
Nov 3, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa48 min
Nov 3, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage34 min
Nov 3, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig50 min
Nov 3, 9:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa62 min
Nov 3, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware46 min
Nov 4, 4:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa45 min
Nov 4, 5:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa44 min
Nov 4, 6:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner61 min
Nov 4, 7:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg67 min
Nov 4, 12:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
Nov 3, 7:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian41 min
Nov 3, 8:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian52 min
Nov 4, 11:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford7 hr
Nov 4, 2:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSASebastian4 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.