Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 1:56 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County LeFlore County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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 021858 RRA SVRTUL OKC079-021930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 156 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY AT 155 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUSE...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. BIG CEDAR AND ZAFRA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM PRODUCED NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN MUSE ABOUT 140 PM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKEL 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. v 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, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 55 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, 8:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 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, 5 hours 21 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, 5 hours 11 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, 5 hours 10 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 MUSKOGEESpecial weather statement, Jun 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-031200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S. THE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAS RESULTED IN CONTINUED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE FORT SMITH AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE MAY ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WITH ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALSO POSSIBLE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FARTHER NORTH IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. 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 TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:19 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-031200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S. THE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAS BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAS RESULTED IN CONTINUED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE FORT SMITH AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE MAY ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WITH ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALSO POSSIBLE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FARTHER NORTH IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. 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 TONIGHT.
The 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, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 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, 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.