Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 9:09 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County LeFlore County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 021411 RRA SVRTUL OKC079-021500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 909 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY AT 909 AM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN PANAMA AND SPIRO. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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 2, 4:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
PTCHY MID LVL CLDS SWINGING THRU NE OK THIS MRNG. HV EVEN MANAGED
TO GENERATE A FEW ISOLD RW/TRW PAST HR OR SO IN CYCLNC MID LVL FLOW
ARND EXITNG TROF. DID NOT PLAN ON ANY POPS TDA...BUT WL WATCH TILL
FCST TIME AND BREAK AWAY A FEW ZNS FOR ISOLD MRNG SHWRS IF NEED BE.
OTHRWS...UPR RDG WL BLD OVR THE AREA TDA AS TROF THAT HS DRIFTED
ACRS THE PLNS THE PAST FEW DAYS CONTS TO LIFT AWAY FRM THE AREA.
MAY AGN SEE ISOLD DVLPMNT THIS AFTN...BUT WL KEEP POPS BELOW 20 PCT.
NXT UPR TROF NOW INTO THE SWRN STATES WL MOV ACRS THE SRN RCKYS BY
SAT WITH NGM A LTL FASTER THAN OTHR MDLS. MAIN FOCUS FOR PRECIP
WL BE OFF TO THE WEST AS DRYLN BCMS BTR ESTABLISHED AND STG LLVL
JET SETS UP TNGT OVR PNHNDLS AND FAR WRN OK. WL LV FCST FOR TNGT
DRY FOR NOW...THEN ADD 20-30 PCT POPS ACRS THE AREA ON SAT. TEMPS
WL CONT TO RUN NR NORM NXT FEW DNAYS WHICH IS GENRLLY IN LINE WITH
GUID.
PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 82/65/83 113 BVO 83/62/83 113
FSM 84/64/85 112 FYV 81/61/83 112
MLC 86/65/85 113 IDB 86/64/86 112
...04...
.TUL...NONE.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:16 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
OKZ068-070-072-021345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 816 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 AM. AT 815 AM THE STORM HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY AND HAD WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM REMAINS VERY STRONG AND WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:17 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
OKZ068-070-072-021345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 816 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 AM. AT 815 AM THE STORM HAD MOVED INTO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY AND HAD WEAKEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM REMAINS VERY STRONG AND WILL REMAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:33 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
OKZ074-076-021400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 833 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 830 AM. AT 832 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 NORTHEAST OF KEOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS REMAIN CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:35 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
OKZ074-076-021400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 833 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HASKELL AND NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 830 AM. AT 832 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 5 NORTHEAST OF KEOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TPHESE STORMS REMAIN CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:45 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
845 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 AM MUSKOGEE OK 0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95 MUSKOGEELocal storm report, Jun 2, 8:46 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
845 AM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 AM MUSKOGEE OK 0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95 MUSKOGEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 69 min |
| Jun 2, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 49 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.