Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 3:21 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Creek County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 022024 RRA SVRTUL OKC037-022130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 321 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...CREEK COUNTY AT 318 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SHAMROCK IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN LINCOLN COUNTY. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE 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 STAjTION 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, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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 MADISONLocal storm report, Jun 2, 3:07 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
307 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1215 PM DREEN FOREST AR 0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95 CARROL
1225 PM WILBURTON OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/95 LATIMER
1230 AM PANOLA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/02/95 LATIMER TREES DOWN
1250 PM RED OAK OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/02/95 LATIMER WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
140 PM MUSE OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/02/95 LEFLORELocal storm report, Jun 2, 3:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
307 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1215 PM DREEN FOREST AR 0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95 CARROL
1225 PM WILBURTON OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/95 LATIMER
1230 AM PANOLA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/02/95 LATIMER TRENES DOWN
1250 PM RED OAK OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/02/95 LATIMER WINDS UP TO 60 MPH
140 PM MUSE OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
06/02/95 LEFLORELocal storm report, Jun 2, 3:16 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
200 PM 2 N OCTAVIA OK 1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95 LEFLORE GOLFBALL SIZED HAILLocal storm report, Jun 2, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
316 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
200 PM 2 N OCTAVIA V OK 1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95 LEFLORE GOLFBALL SIZED HAILLocal storm report, Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
320 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 LARGE LIMBS DOWNThe 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, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.