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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 449, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 4, 1994Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 4, 1994, 5:46 AM CST for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1994, 5:46 AM CST (11:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1994, 6:30 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 4, 3:58 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 3:58 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 1994

LOOKS LIKE VERY UNSETTLED WX WL CONT OVR ERN OK THRU 36-48 HRS
AS MDLS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING UPR TROF OUT ACRS THE
PLNS...TO JUST EAST OF FA BY LATE SAT.  CDFNT RMNS NEARLY STNRY
OVR XTRM NWRN PART OF FA THIS MRNG...AND WL BE SLOW IN MOVG ACRS
ERN OK THRU SAT.  AMS WL RMN VRY MOIST AND UNSTBL AHD OF THESE
FTRS...SO GOOD POTNTL FOR ADDITIONAL HVY RAINS.  MESONET DATA
SHOWS 70+ DEWPTS HV NOSED AS FAR NORTH AS TUL ATTM.  GIVEN AMT
OF RAIN THAT FELL OVR PARTS OF NE AND E-CNTL ZNS YSTDY AND LAST
EVNG...AND POTNTL FOR ADDITIONAL HVY RAIN...WL ISSUE FFA FOR MOST
OF AREA FOR TDA AND TNGT.  POTNTL ALSO RMNS FOR SVR WX...AND TSTM
OUTLK WL ALSO BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA.    COORD OUN AND LIT.

PRELIM NUMBERS:  TUL 76/51/58 885  BVO 64/44/52 884
                 MLC 78/60/65 785  IDB 78/62/68 786
...04...

.TUL...FLASH FLOOD WxATCH TDA AND TNGT ZNS 56>58 & 60>77.

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, 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

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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.