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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 1, 1995LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1995, 12:12 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 1995, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County LeFlore County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
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 010511
SVRTUL
OKC079-010600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1212 AM CDT MON MAY 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY
 
AT 1212 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES WEST OF TALIHINA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR. TALIHINA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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, 9:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 9:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
935 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

HV NOT HAD MUCH TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT 00Z DATA SINCE A FEW STRMS
GOT GOING ABT AN HR AGO. BUT QUICK LOOK SEEMS TO SUPPORT PREV FCST.
WM FNT APRS TO BE JUST S OF THE RED RVR W/LOTS OF MOISTURE RIDING
OVR IT. H85 DW PTS ARE ABV 10C AND PRECIP WATER ABV 1.25 IN ACRS
NRN TX AND OK AT 00Z. ALSO MID LVL LAPSE RATES ARE FAIRLY STEEP. LLJ
SHLD CONT TO STRENGTHEN AS GOOD AMPLITUDE S/W MVS OUT OF THE ROCKIES.
RADAR AND SAT LOOPS SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT AREAL COVERAGE OF RW/TRW
ARE INCRSG SO CAT POPS LOOK GOOD. W/PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND FORCING
COMBINED W/ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND LO FFG VALUES WL CONT W/FFA
THRU THE NGT. FOR THE MOST PART WL ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJS TO PREV
FCST BASED ON LATEST TRENDS.

07

.TUL...FFA TNGT OK ZNS 54>77 AND AR ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1058 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

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

923 PM     WEST FORK                 AR   0.75 INCH HAIL.
04/30/95   WASHINGTON
Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:19 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1118 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995

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

825 PM     WESTVILLE                 OK   HAIL UP TO 1.00 INCH
04/30/95   ADAIR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair40 min
Apr 30, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata51 min
Apr 30, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg40 min
Apr 30, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer47 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.