Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 012333 RRA SVRTUL OKC077-121-020015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 632 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTSHORNE IN SOUTHEAST PITTSBURG COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HARTSHORNE AND HIGGINS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLELS 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 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 Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 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 07 .TUL..p.NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 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, 5 hours 22 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, 55 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 REPORTEDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDT, 53 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 MADISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 64 min |
| 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 |
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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.