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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 1, 1995Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 5:50 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1995, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 912 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
912 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 012252 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC107-012330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
550 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY
 
AT 550 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
2 MILES SOUTH OF BEARDEN. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WELETKA IS 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 BULLETINST.

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 Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
325 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995

UPR LO CONTS TO SLOWLY MV EWD. PLENTY OF CU HV DVLPD ARND THIS
FEATURE AND XTND ACRS MUCH OF FA. WDLY SCT TRW HV DVLPD MAINLY
ACRS NW AR AND ADJ PARTS OF ERN OK. BUT THERE ARE ALSO A FEW
CELLS IN CNTRL OK. WL GO W/20-30 POPS FOR RW/TRW THRU ERLY TNGT
AND MAKE LAST MIN ADJS BASED ON CRNT RADAR TRENDS. BELIEVE MOST
ACTVTY SHLD BE THIS EVE...ALTHO MAY LINGER A BIT LONGER ESPC IN
AREAS NR MO BRDR. BY FRI UPR SYS SHLD BE FAR ENOUGH E TO NO
LONGER AFFECT FA. WITH S/W RIDGE MVG ACRS FA THINK THAT THERE
SHLD BE PLENTY OF SUN.

ETA/AVN ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT W/MOVEMENT OF NEXT UPR SYS. NGM IS
FASTER AS IT BRINGS SYSTEM OUT IN PIECES RATHER THAN ALL AT ONCE.
WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE ETA/AVN SOLN AS NMC DISCS SUGGEST. THIS
SHOULD KEEP ANY PRECIP W OF FA THRU SAT (ALTHO ETA DOES SPREAD
SOME LGT PRECIP INTO ERN OK BY 12Z SAT). HOWEVER AM SOMEWHAT
HESITANT TO WRITE OFF NGM SOLN SINCE THE SYS THAT HAS BEEN
AFFECTING FA FOR THE PAST SVRL DAYS ALSO CAME OUT IN SVRL PIECES.
ALSO WOULD XPCT SYS TO BE GETTING WEAKER AS IT IS JUN ALREADY
WHICH WOULD FAVOR NGM. EVEN IF NGM WOULD BE MDL OF CHOICE MOST
ACTVTY SHLD REMAIN W OF FA ALTHO SOME POPS PROB WOULD BE
WARRANTED IN ERN OK. FOR NOW WL LV CHC OF PRECIP OUT OF FCST THRU
SAT NGT AND SEE WHAT LATER MDL RUNS HV TO OFFER.

FWC AND FAN NMBRS WERE FAIRLY CLOSE. FOR MOST PART KEPT TEMPS
BTWN THOSE VALUES.

MRF MVS UPR TROF N OF FA AGAIN IN XTND PDS SO WL CARRY A CHC OF
RW/TRW SUN THRU TUE. BY 12Z TUE LOOKS AS IF S/W SHLD BE PASSING
FA SO POPS MAY BE A LITTLE LOWER BY TUE. BUT A LOT COULD HAPPEN
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. DO NOT SEE MUCH VARIATION IN TEMPS
W/READINGS XPCTD TO BE NR NRML.

PRELIM NMBRS
TUL 62/82 63/83 2011     FSM 62/84 64/86 3001
MLC 63/86 65/85 2011     BVO 60/82 62/83 2011
FYV 59/81 60/83 3001     IDB 62/86 64/86 2101
BYV 57/80 58/82 3001

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.TUL..p.NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-021200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THE AIRMASS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN
THE 70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. DAYTIME HEATING IN COMBINATION WITH A
WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY SUGGESTS THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO WEAK WINDS IN THE
LOWEST 10000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES MORE STABLE WITH THE LOSS
OF HEATING.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-021200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THE AIRMASS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BECOME
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AGAIN TODAY WITH EARLY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN
THE 70S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S. DAYTIME HEATING IN COMBINATION WITH A
WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY SUGGESTS THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT DUE TO WEAK WINDS IN THE
LOWEST 10000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES MORE STABLE WITH THE LOSS
OF HEATING.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
537 PM CDT THU JUN 01 1995

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

0345 PM         ST. PAUL                AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/01/95        MADISON

 THUNDERSTORM
DAMAGE...... GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
INJURIES.... NONE REPORTED
DEATHS...... NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
537 PM CDT THU JUN 01 1995

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

0345 PM         ST. PAUL       2         AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/01/95        MADISON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa64 min
May 31, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee34 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa51 min
Jun 1, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 1, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee29 min
Jun 1, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg43 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.