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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 15, 1995Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 3:14 AM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 16 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 489 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 150814
SVRTUL
ARC087-150830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THERE IS NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MAD"ISON COUNTY.
AN OLD WARNING SOMEHOW JUST GOT TRANSMITTED.

REPEATING THERE IS NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY.

NO PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

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 14, 9:02 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 9:02 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995

SFC BNDRY HAS CONTD TO MAKE SLOW BUT STDY PROGRESS ACRS FA THIS EVNG.
ATTM BNDRY LCTD FRM SOUTH OF FYV...ALNG STATE LN THRU FSM AREA...ACRS
SRN LE FLORE COUNTY...TO SOUTH OF ATOKA.  VRY UNSTBL AMS RMNS AHD OF
BNDRY...ALTHO HV NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIRE OFF ANY STMS ALNG PORTION OF
BNDRY ACRS FA WITH CAP STILL INTACT.  HV SEEN A FEW STMS FURTHER EAST
ACRS NRN AR WHERE ADAP SHOWING INCRSG MOISTR CONV ALNG FNT.  WL REARRANGE
ZNS A LTL ACCORDING TO FRNTL LCTN AND WL KEEP SLGT CHC POPS ALNG AND
AHD OF BNDRY FOR THE NXT FEW HRS....MAINLY BEFORE MDNT AS WORDED IN
PREV PKG.  NO OTHR SIG CH,GS PLANNED.

...04...

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 3:12 AM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton18 min
May 15, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian44 min
May 15, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford49 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.