Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1995, 11:20 PM CDT for Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 1995, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 080420 SVRTUL ARC015-087-080515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1120 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...CARROLL COUNTY...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY AT 1116 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF EUREKA SPRINGS TO NEAR FAYETTEVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TOWNS OF EUREKA SPRINGS...BERRYVILLE AND HUNTSVILLE 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.
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 May 7, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 845 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 LN OF SVR STORMS JUST ENTERING WESTERN PART OF FA...EXTENDS WELL SOUTH INTO TX. OUN SOUNDING CONTAINED OVER 2500 J/KG CAPE AND CLOSE TO 200 M/S/S...AND MESONET OBS SHOW SFC DEWPT IN LOWER 70S AHEAD OF STORMS IN E OK. WINDS VEER TO JUST TO THE WEST BEHIND SQUALL LINE WITH DWPTS DROPING INTO UPPER 50S...BUT WINDS OVER WESTERN OK HAVE BACKED TO SOUTH AHEAD OF REAL DRYLINE STILL OVER EASTERN PART OF TX PH. EXPECT SQUALL LN TO CONT TO DVLP EASTWARD INTO FA DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT AS MID LVL CAA MOVES OVR HIGHER DWPTS. MOST OF NE OK HAS ALREADY RECEIVED FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN AND ADDITIONAL RAINS CUD CAUSE MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. MANY RIVERS IN NE OK NEAR OR OVR BANKFULL SO BACKWATER WILL ADD TO FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL. FLASH FLOOD GUIDENCE ALSO LOW OVR REST OF FA...AND FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL ELSEWHERE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WILL KEEP FFA GOING AS IN PREV FCST. NO NEW MODEL DATA TO LUK AT...BUT APPEARS LLVL MOIST SHUD SHALLOW OUT QUICKLY MONDAY MORNING FROM WEST TO EAST. BEST CHC FOR LINGERING MORNING TRW IN SE OK AND W ARK. WILL UP POPS TO CLOSE TO 100% OVR ALL OF FA REST OF TONIGHT. PCP SHUD TAPER AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM W TO E...BUT WILL LEAVE SLGT CHC IN WRN ZNS FOR MORNING RW AND 40-50% POPS IN EASTERN ZNS ON MONDAY. /13 .TUL...FFA OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-0029 TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 7, 7:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OKZ054-059-060-064-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 715 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 1995 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO PARTS OF OSAGE...PAWNEE AND CREEK COUNTIES BY 8PM... AT 710PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST THROUGH KAY...NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THEY MAY MOVE ~INTO THE BURBANK...FAIRFAX...PAWNEE AND DRUMRIGHT AREAS. PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS BETWEEN 730PM AND 8PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, May 7, 10:45 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1035 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM FORAKER OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST.
05/07/95 OSAGE
0810 PM DRUMRIGHT OK 0.88 INCH HAIL.
05/07/95 CREEK
0830 PM 5 S PAWHUSKA OK WIND DAMAGE
05/07/95 OSAGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.
0850r PM SAND SPRINGS OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST.
05/07/95 TULSA
0905 PM TULSA OK 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/07/95 TULSA OBSERVED BY NWS METS.Local storm report, May 7, 10:55 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM BARTLESVILLE OK WIND DAMAGE
05/07/95 WASHINGTON NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN IN THE
CITY OF BARTLESVILLE.
0915 PM OKMULGEE OK WIND DAMAGE
05/07/95 OKMULGEE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
IN THE CITY OF OKMULGEE.
0930 PM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
05/07/95 TULSA GARAGE DESTROYED NEAR
3900 EAST 15TH STREET.Local storm report, May 7, 11:04 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1101 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1020 PM PITCHER OK 70 MPH TSTM GUST.
05/07/95 OTTAWA
1027 PM MIAMI OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
05/07/95 OTTAWA NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
DIME AND NICKLE SIZE
AROUND MIAMI.Local storm report, May 7, 11:12 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1108 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1058 PM CHEROKEE CITY AR WIND DAMAGE
05/07/95 BENTON TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWN DOWN.
1100 PM HIAWASSE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/07/95 BENTON TREES BLOWN DOWN.Local storm report, May 7, 11:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1118 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0538 PM 3 ESE OKEMAH OK TORNDAO
05/07/95 OKFUSKEE SPOTTERS REPORTED A
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN 3 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF OKEMAH...
SEVERAL HOMES WERE REPORTED
DAMAGED AND POWER LINES
WERE DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 48 min |
| May 8, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 61 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.