Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Tulsa, OK

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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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.

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.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
255 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0918 AM         PANAMA                  OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        LEFLORE

1020 AM         PANAMA                  OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/02/95        LEFLORE                      DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL
                                             DAMAGED SOME WINDSHIELDS

1055 AM         FORT SMITH              AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/95        SEBASTIAN                    HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE

1135 AM         3 NE OF CLIFTY          AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/95        MADISON