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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 7, 1995Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 10:57 PM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 1995, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 464 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 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 080358
SVRTUL
ARC007-143-OKC001-080445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1057 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY
 
AT 1056 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS TO WATTS TO BUNCH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 45 MPH. STILWELL...BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...FAYETTEVILLE AND SPRINGDALE
ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison55 min
May 8, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian61 min
May 7, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes68 min
May 7, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee68 min
May 7, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Tulsa2 hr
May 7, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg40 min
May 7, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer51 min
May 8, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah64 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.