Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 11:23 AM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 11:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 021625 RRA SVRTUL ARC087-021700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1123 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY AT 1123 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLIFTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CLIFTY AND ROCKHOUSE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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, 10:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1000 AM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 RELATIVELY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING OVER AREA ARE HELPING TO SUSTAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN OK AND NW ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE COMPLETELY OUT OF AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND IMPULSE SHOULD KEEP SKIES MOSTLY SUNNY FOR REST OF DAY AND ALLOW FOR DECENT WARMING AS IN CURRENT FORECAST. ONLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WILL BE TO REMOVE POPS BEHIND ONGOING CONVECTION. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. .TUL...NONE 19
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 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, 3 hours 6 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, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 48 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, 2 hours 38 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, 2 hours 37 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 2, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 53 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.