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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 1995Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 7:44 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 1995, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 250046
SVRTUL
ARC143-250130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
744 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 744 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
7 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
WEST FORK...HOGEYE AND BRENTWOOD ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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.
 
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 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
355 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995

IN GEN...MDL SOLNS ARE SIMILAR.  HWVR...FOR SML SCALE DETAILS
WHICH ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS PTRN...THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.  ETA
SOLN THROWN OUT BECAUSE 00HR ANALYS ESP AT H7...SHWS PROBLEMS
SUCH AS STRANGE H7 HGT MINIMUM OVR SRN NBRSKA...AND ITS WK S/W
TROFS/RDGS OUT OF PHASE WITH NGM.  WL FOLLOW AVN...WHICH IS
SIMILAR BUT SLGTLY SLOWR THAN NGM.

PRFLR NTWRK SHOWS H7 TROF MVG ACRS NE TX TO SRN AR...AS INDCTD BY
ECTRL TX PRFLR...AND HIER LVL S/W APRCHG TX/OK PNDLS.  SFC FNT
OVR NE OK HASNT MOVD MUCH...MAY SAG SE AND STALL E TO W OVR SRN
OK LATE TNGT.  2 CHCS FOR RW/TRW TNGT...FIRST DURG EVNG FROM
ACTVTY CRNTLY DVLPG...AND AGAIN TWRD DAWN AS WAA/ISEN LIFT GETS
GOING ALNG/N OF DVLPG SRN OK WRMFNT.  WL FCST SCTD RW/TRW TNGT...
ONLY 40 OR 50 POPS WITH S/W RDG MOVG OVR OK/KS TNGT.  CUD BE
ISOD ELEV TRW WITH HVY RN LEADG TO MINOR STREET FLDG...BUT NO FFA
NEEDED ATTM.

FOR THURS...WAA/ISEN LIFT ALNG/N OF SRN OK WRMFNT COMBINED WITH
APRCHG S/W TROF LEADS ME TO GO WITH 30 TO 40 POPS FOR SCTD SHWRS.
WITH FNT STAYG OVR SRN OK...TEMPS WL STRUGGLE UPWARD.  WL GO WITH
HI TMPS NR MOS SE OK...BUT A LTL BLO MOS NE/ECTRL OK AND NW AR.

THURS NGT LOOKS INTRSTG.  MDLS SUGGEST WRMFNT MOVS/RDVLPS NWD
ACRS OK AS SFC LOW DVLPS OVR TX/OK PNDLS.  LLJ IS FCST TO BE
PERPENDICULAR TO WRMFNT...LEADING TO STG THETA-E ADVCTN ALNG/ N
OF BDRY.  AVN SUGGESTS STG H7 S/W MOVES ACRS WRN OK/KS DURG
NGT...SLGTLY LATR THAN NGM.  WDSPRD CNVCTN...PSBLY IN FORM OF
COMPLEX...SHUD DVLP AND MOVE ALNG WRMFNT...WHEREVER IT LIES. QSTN
IS...OF COURSE...WL WRMFNT REMAIN IN OK...OR RDVLP OVR SRN KS.
CRNT THINKG IS OVR NRN OK JUST S OF NGM/AVN POSN...SO WL GO WITH
GOOD CHANCE OF RW/TRW TMRW NGT NRN ZNS...LWR POPS CTRL/SRN ZNS.
WL NOT GO WITH HIER POPS YET SINCE MORE NWD LOC OF WRMFNT WL
REDUCE CHCS FOR WDSPRD RNFL ACRS FCST AREA.  TEMPS SHUDNT FALL
TOO MUCH WITH CLDNSS AND WAA...MOS ACTUALLY LOOKS OKAY.

FOR FRI...MESS HEADS ACRS ERN KS/MO...ERN OK/NW AR MAY SEE BRK IN
ACTVTY DURG DAY...MAYBE EVEN P CLDY SKIES SRN ZNS...AS WE AWAIT
NXT S/W TO ROTATE TWRD FCST AREA.  DIMINISHING RW/TRW DURG
MRNG...AND PSBLTY OF SCTD AFTN TRW WRN ZNS...LEADS ME TO CONT 30
TO 40 POPS ACRS MOST OF AREA.  TEMPS WL DEPEND ON CLD COVER...WL
GO UPR 70S TO ARND 80...WITH L/M 80S SE ZNS.  ANOTHR RND OF TRW
PSBL FRI NGT INTO SAT AS MAIN SYS WANTS TO BE A ZSLOW MOVER.

PW

PRELIM NUMBERS...

TUL 58/72 65/79 4354     MLC 62/77 66/83 4344
FYV 59/74 62/79 4243     FSM 63/79 65/82 4243
BVO 55/71 64/79 4454     IDB 68/81 67/84 4232

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
625 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995

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

555 PM     SPIRO                     OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
05/24/95   LEFLORE

Local storm report, May 24, 7:16 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
715 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995

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

635 PM     COMMERCE
     OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
05/23/95   OTTAWA

Local storm report, May 24, 7:18 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
717 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1995

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

655 PM     JENNY LIND            (    AR   0.75 INCH HAIL.
05/24/95   SEBASTIAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	34 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.