Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 11:56 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1995, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Colcord, OK | Severe thunderstorms moved across extreme eastern Oklahoma during the late morning of May 26th. A tornado touched down briefly 1.5 miles southwest of Colcord at 1115CST. This F0 tornado downed trees and power lines and damaged outbuildings. One house was also |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 261658 SVRTUL OKC135-079-261800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1156 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY AT 1155 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORS FROM MARBLE CITY IN SEQUOYAH COUNTY TO NEAR KEOTA IN EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SALLISAW...MULDROW AND SPIRO ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT TENKILLER DAM AT 1130 AM. 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 TE$LEPHONE OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD. &
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 26, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1005 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 FFA WL BE ISSUED FOR MAINLY NRN AND WRN ZNS THRU TONITE SINCE ACTIVITY MOVG SLOR THAN XPCTD AND IS REDEVELOPING FROM THE WEST. DOPPLER SHOS RAIN ALREADY EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN CREEK COUNTY. AS ANOTHER STRONG IMPULSE MOVS IN TONITE...BLV AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. TEMPS FROM PREV FCST LUK GUD AS DO WNDS. UNCERTAIN ON WHETHER SHTWV WL AFFECT SERN ZNS BUT BLV THAT IF SKIES BECOME PC THEN THE RELATIVELY WK CAP AS SHOWN ON MORNING SOUNDINGS WL BE BROKEN. THUS WL GO WITH 40-60 POPS AREA-WIDE. .TUL...FFA FOR EOK ZONES 54>67 AND 70/71 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. /21
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-261800- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WAS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING SOUTH OF A WARM FRONT. AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS IN EASTERN COLORADO TODAY...SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND BRING THE UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS BY MID MORNING. BY AROUND NOON...THE AIR MAY BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR A FEW STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. COOLING EFFECTS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE ONLY SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...IF THE MORNING THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH BY NOON OR ARE NOT WIDESPREAD...THEN THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AREAS NEAR THE WARM FRONT. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS STORMS TO THE WEST MOVE EASTWARD. ISOLAT ED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 10:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
OKZ067-068-070-261630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1021 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUSKOGEE AND WAGONER COUNTIES... AT 1020 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL MUSKOGEE AND WAGONER COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE MINOR STREET FLOODING. PERSONS IN EASTERN MUSKOGEE AND WAGONER COUNTIES AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION. FLOODED ROADWAYS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 14 hr |
| May 26, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 45 min |
| May 26, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 51 min |
| May 26, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 14 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.