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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 1995Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1995, 1:26 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1995, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1995, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 261828
SVRTUL
ARC033-261915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
126 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 125 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF DYER.
THE STORM WAS MOPVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. DYER AND
MULBERRY 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.

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, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 10:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 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, 10:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 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.
Local storm report, May 26, 12:51 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1251 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995

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

1130 AM     8 MI NW OF VIAN          OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/95    SEQUOYAH

1215 PM     1/2 MI SW OF COLCORD     OK   TREES DOWN
05/26/95    DELAWARE
Local storm report, May 26, 1:02 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1258 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995

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

1255 PM     SPIRO                    OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/95    LE FLORE

1210 PM     1 MI SW OF COLCORD       OK   TREES AND POWER LINES
05/26/95    DELAWARE                      DOWN. SEVERAL SMALL OUT
                                          BUILDINGS DESTROYED

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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.