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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 30, 1995Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1995, 9:16 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 1995, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 010216
SVRTUL
ARC087-010300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
916 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 915PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF AURORA.
IT WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HUNTSVILLE AND KINGSTON ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
DURING THE STORM MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE
OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER
DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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 Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
345 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

WRMFNT CONTS TO APRCH FCST AREA.  SHUD BE NR RED RVR BY 00Z.  STG
S/W SEEN ON WTR VPR LOOP HEADING TWRD FCST AREA.  MDL GRID DATA
SHOW STG UPR JET AXIS FROM CO TO CTRL OK...WITH MUCH OF FCST AREA
IN LFQ WHERE MDLS INDCT STG UPR DVRGNCE.  MDLS SHOW IDEAL SETUP
FOR WDSPRD CNVCTN ALNG/N OF WRMFNT ORGANIZING INTO COMPLEX LATE
TNGT...MUCH LIKE FRI NGT.  TSTMS ALRDY FIRING RAPIDLY ACRS ECTRL
OK SEEN ON 88D.  STGLY DIFFLUENT THCKNSS PTRN...DVLPG LLJ
CROSSING WRMFNT...AND STG DYNAMIC/ISNTRPC LIFT N OF WRMFNT
SUGGEST BACKBLDG CNVCTN ALNG/N OF WRMFNT...LEADG TO FF THREAT.
DONT KNOW HOW FAR NORTH HVY RNFL WL BE...BUT WITH FFG LOW ACRS
ENTIRE AREA AND MDLS SHOWG POTNTL FOR SGNFNCNT RNFL EVEN ACRS NRN
ZNS...WILL ISSUE FF WATCH FOR ALL ZNS FOR TNGT.  EVNG SHFT CAN
REFINE IF THREAT DCRS FOR SOME ZNS.

WL GO NR 100 POPS RW/TRW FOR TNGT...AND MENT PSBLTY OF HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS...AND HVY RN.  SVR WX PSBL EARLY...WITH THREAT
EVOLVING INTO MORE OF A HVY RNFL/FLD THREAT BY LATE TNGT.
TEMPS TNGT SHUD REMAIN AOA XPCTD EVNG SFC DWPT VALUES.

S/W AXIS MOVES ACRS AREA TMRW MRNG...ENDG PCPN.  WL GO WITH 30
POPS...40 POPS NW AR...FOR MRNG SHWRS...OTHRWS WL KEEP MSTLY
CLDY AS STG 850 MB LOW DVLPS AND MDLS SUGGEST CLDNSS WRAPPING
ARND LOW.  HI TMPS MAY BE SLGTLY BLO MOS DUE TO CLDNSS.

WL GO WITH DCRSG CLDNSS MON NGT.  HI PRES MOVES OVR AREA...AND
H8 TMPS ARE QUITE LOW.  WENT WITH TEMPS A LTL BLO MOS FOR LOWS.
FOR TUE...MAY GET SOME MRNG SUN...BUT MID/HI CLDS SHUD INCRS IN
AFTN IN ADVANCE OF NXT SYS.

PRELIM NUMBERS...

TUL 53/62 42/66 +30-           MLC 59/64 44/68 +30-
FYV 52/61 41/65 +400           FSM 56/65 45/68 +300
BVO 52/62 39/65 930-           IDB 60/70 48/69 +300

PW

.TUL...FFA TNGT OK ZNS 54>79 AND AR ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
430 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

405 PM     RED OAK                   OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   LATIMER

405 PM     VIAN                      OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   SEQUOYAH

415 PM     SPIRO                     OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   LE FLORE

420 PM     LE FLORE                  OK   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   LE FLORE

Local storm report, Apr 30, 4:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
442 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

430 PM     VAN BUREN                 AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   CRAWFORD

435 PM     FORT SMITH                AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   SEBASTIAN

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
509 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

450 PM     6 NNE WINSLOW             AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   WASHINGTON

Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
526 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     6 SW WITTER               AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95   MADISON

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 5:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

OKZ067-068-069-071-072-074-075-076-ARZ010-019-029-302330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

SEVERE THUNUDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 271 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
ALL COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...ADAIR...CHEROKEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH...
WAGONER...HASKELL...LATIMER...AND LE FLORE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR
CRAWFORD...BSEBASTIAN...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS SHIFTED TO
THE EAST OF THESE COUNTIES.

Local storm report, Apr 30, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
604 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....   ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

505 PM     2 NW PAGE         \        OK   1.00 INCH HAIL AND TREE LIMBS
04/30/95   LE FLORE                       BLOWN DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	40 min
Apr 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	46 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.