Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.
- 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 022132 RRA SVRTUL OKC121-022215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 425 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCALESTER...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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. 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, 4:12 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
ONGOING CONVECTION IN AREA HAS MADE FOR A HECTIC AFTERNOON...BUT
HERE GOES. HAVE BLANKETED AREA WITH 30 TO 40 POPS FOR THIS EVENING
AS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. ALSO
THINK THAT EARLY MORNING SYSTEM MAY CLIP NORTHWESTERN ZONES...SO
KEPT POPS THERE EVEN THOUGH MOST CURRENT ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE SOUTH
OF THAT AREA. MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN CARRYING MAIN
FORCING WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. THEREFORE HAVE
HEIGHTENED POPS IN EXTREME NORTHERN ZONES THROUGH PERIOD...WITH 20
POPS OVER THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH SUMMERTIME PATTERN
KICKING IN...BELIEVE WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS A
POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND BEYOND. TEMPERATURES ARE
GENERALLY CLOSE TO THE FWC NUMBERS. PERSISTENCE LOOKS TO BE A GOOD
BET.
PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 67/84/69 /85 3333 BVO 65/83/67/83 3343
FSM 67/87/68/87 4222 FYV 63/82/64/83 3233
MLC 68/87/69/87 4222 IDB 67/89/67/89 3212
19
.TUL...NONE.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 14 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, 1 hour 11 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 hour 10 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 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, 3:21 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, 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 |
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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.