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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 441, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 3, 1994Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 3, 1994, 8:23 PM CST for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 min.

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The facts

Issued
Nov 3, 1994, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 1994, 9:15 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Sebastian County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 1994-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 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 1994-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 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
232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 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 Nov 3, 4:12 PM CST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 4:12 PM CST, 4 hours 11 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

Special weather statement, Nov 3, 3:55 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
OKZ060-061-064-066-067-032300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
354 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994

AT 350 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CATOOSA
TO BROKEN ARROW TO SLICK IN SOUTHEAST CREEK COUNTY. THIS LINE IS MOVING
TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
SOME SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED ANYWHERE ALONG THIS LINE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA UN^TIL 6 PM.
Local storm report, Nov 3, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 3, 6:16 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
616 PM CST THU NOV 3 1994

TIME (CST)     COUNTY/STATE     EVENT

615 PM         MAYES/OK         NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF PRYOR
Local storm report, Nov 3, 7:07 PM CST, 1 hour 16 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, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa45 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 4, 11:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSACrawford7 hr
Nov 4, 2:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSASebastian4 hr

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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.