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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1995Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 3:36 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1995, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Pittsburg County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

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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, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT, 41 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        MADISON

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:07 PM CDT, 29 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        LEFLORE

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:15 PM CDT, 21 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        LEFLORE

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:16 PM CDT, 20 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 HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:19 PM CDT, 17 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 HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDT, 16 minutes 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 DOWN

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, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	34 min
Jun 2, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	69 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
Jun 2, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	27 min
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

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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.