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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 1995Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2575 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 140432
SVRTUL
ARC143-140515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1129 PM TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE
FIRST STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF STRICKLER. THE SECOND STORM WAS 2 MILES
EAST OF SPRINGDALE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE TOWNS OF WINSLOW AND SPRING VALLEY ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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.
 
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 13, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
918 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT NEW DATA.  MONSTER STORMS CONTINUE
OVR XTRM NW AR/NE CRNR OK...WITH ISOLD NEW ECHOES SCTRL OK.
WL KEEP ISOLD/SCTD TRW IN FCST IN TOR WTCH AREA AS WELL AS
ACRS SE OK.  MAY MAKE SOME CHGS TO TEMPS IN FEW ZNS...ESP
WHR DWPTS REMAIN HI.

ANOTHR S/W TROF INDCTD BY 12Z MDL DATA TO MOVE ACRS OK.
MDLS INSIST LLVLN MOISTR WL BE LESS THAN TDAY.  IF NOT...
CUD GET MORE WDLY SCTD TRW.  FOR NOW...NO CHGS PLANNED
FOR TMRWS FCST.

PW

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
May 13, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton53 min
May 13, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton47 min
May 13, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton46 min
May 13, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton3 hr
May 13, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll, Madison51 min
May 13, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington46 min
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
May 13, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington53 min
May 13, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison46 min
May 13, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison, Washington49 min
May 13, 11:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMadison, Washington3 hr
May 13, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison52 min
May 14, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington45 min
May 14, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison35 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.