Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1995, 7:26 PM CDT for Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1995, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 010027 RRA SVRTUL OKC113-143-010130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 726 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY...NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY AT 725 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF AVANT AND ANOTHER ONE 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW PRUE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SKIATOOK...SPERRY AREAS AND ON INTO THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS 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. MOnTORISTS 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 31, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 335 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 NMRS BNDRYS LIE ACRS SRN PLAINS. APRS THAT REMNANTS OF FNT REMAIN NR RED RVR VALLEY. MEANWHILE WK SFC LO APRS TO BE DVLPG IN N CNTRL OK W/TROF XTNDG SWD INTO NRN TX. W/MDT INSTABILITY AND LITTLE CAP SCT RW/TRW CONT ACRS ABT SERN 1/2 OF FA THIS AFTN. MDLS LOOK TO BE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AND WEAKEN THE UPR LO W/TIME. NGM/AVN MV LO EWD WHILE ETA STILL WANTS TO GIVE IT SOME SLY COMPONENT. NEVERTHELESS SVRL S/W WL CONT TO ROTATE ARND THE BASE OF THIS FEATURE PROVIDING LIFT FOR RW/TRW FORMATION. HOWEVER TIMING IS A PROB. LOOKS LIKE SFC TROF IN CTRL OK SHLD SLOWLY MV INTO FA THU NGT. OTRW NOT MUCH TO PROVIDE FOCUS FOR TRW OTHER THAN OUTFLOW BNDRYS FROM PREV CNVTN. INIT THINKING IS TO CARRY 40-50 POPS ACRS FA W/HIGHER POPS IN SRN AND ERN SCTNS IN LINE W/CRNT PRECIP COVERAGE. BELIEVE THAT THERE WL NOT BE QUITE AS MANY CLDS IN WRN SCTNS TMRW COMPARED TO TDY. SO WL CALL IT BCMG PTLY CLDY ALTHO W/HEATING SKIES MAY BCM BKN V SCT DURG THE AFTN. ELSEWHERE WL KEEP SKIES MSTLY CLDY. DECIDED TO JUST SPREAD 30 POPS AREAWIDE THU AND FOR MOST OF THE FA THU NGT. DID LOWER POPS TO SLGT CHC IN NWRN ZNS AS SFC TROF MVS PAST THAT AREA...ALTHO NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN THAT SCENARIO. WL HOLD ON TO LOW POPS FOR FRI MRNG IN ERN ZNS BUT OTRW WL TRY TO KEEP FRI AND THRU SAT DRY. FAN HAS BEEN A LITTLE TOO COOL W/MINS PAST SVRL DAYS AND THIS STILL APRS TO BE THE CASE. FWC MINS LOOK FAIRLY REASONABLE AND WL STAY CLOSE TO THOSE NMBRS. W/LESS PRECIP COVERAGE XPCTD AS WELL AS SOME MORE SUN THU AND FRI XPCT HI TEMPS TO WARM UP. HOWEVER THINK THAT FWC HAS GONE TOO WM ACRS SRN 1/2 OF FA. LEANED MORE TWD FAN IN THOSE AREAS. ANOTHER SLO MVG LO LOOKS TO BE HEADED TWD THE SRN PLAINS BY LATE IN THE WKND. THERE MAY BE CHC TRW LATE SAT BUT FOR NOW WL LV PRECIP OUT. HOWEVER WL INCLUDE CHC RW/TRW FOR BOTH SUN AND MON. ATTM DO NOT SEE MUCH VARIATION IN RANGE OF TEMPS THRU XTND PDS. PRELIM NMBRS TUL 62/80 62/81 4321 FSM 63/79 63/82 5332 MLC 63/82 63/83 5331 BVO 62/80 60/81 4321 FYV 60/76 61/81 5332 IDB 66/81 67/83 5333 BYV 58/76 59/80 5332 07 .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 31, 1:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
138 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
105 PM 7 MI NW OF MCALESTER OK 0.88 INCH HAIL(NICKEL SIZED
05/31/95 PITTSBURG HAIL)
..Special weather statement, May 31, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
OKZ076-312045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 AT 325 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR ZAFRA...IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LE FLORE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE ZAFRA AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
OKZ065-066-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-312345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 617 PM CDT WED MAY 31 1995 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 615 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SOME DIMINISHING SHOWERS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN LE FLORE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND SO THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 34 min |
| May 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.