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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1995Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 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 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 021747 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC077-079-021830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY...WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY
 
AT 1245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RED OAK MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZED HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. RED OAK AND FANSHAWE ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 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.
 
 
 
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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, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 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, 4 hours 28 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, 4 hours 12 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, 4 hours 10 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, 4 hours 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        MUSKOGEE
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 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        MUSKOGEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer52 min
Jun 2, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 2, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee44 min
Jun 2, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore51 min
Jun 2, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore51 min
Jun 2, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah40 min
Jun 2, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Jun 2, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer40 min
Jun 2, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore34 min
Jun 2, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek69 min
Jun 2, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg54 min
Jun 2, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee49 min
Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa61 min
Jun 2, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek33 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg45 min
Jun 2, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg61 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes45 min
Jun 2, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Jun 2, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware49 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.