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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 27, 1995Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1995, 10:09 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1995, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, AR

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 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 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
1342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 27, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
905 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

WILL REMOVE POPS FROM ZNS XCPT WHERE 88D SHOWS ISOLD RW/TRW.
XPCT PCPN TO DIMINISH NBXT FEW HRS.  WILL GO WITH MSTLY CLEAR FOR
TNGT...THO SOME HI CLDS FROM SWRN U.S. SYS CUD MOVE ACRS AREA
LATE.  ONLY MINOR ADJSTMNTS XPCTD TO TEMPS AND WNDS FOR TNGT IN
SOME ZNS ATTM.

PW

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 4:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
453 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

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

430 PM     APPROX. 3 MILES NW OF KETCHUM   OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/95          CRAIG                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE
                                              GROUND REPORTED AT SHERIFF
                                              DEPUTY'S RESIDENCE.
Local storm report, May 27, 5:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995

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

500 PM            FAIRLAND              OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/95          OTTAWA                     WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH
                                             ESTIMATED BY FAIRLAND P.D.
                                             TREE LIMBS AND 1 SMALL
                                             TREE DOWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.