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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1995Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 5:44 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 1995, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Pittsburg County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 022247 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC121-022345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
AT 544 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF STUART
MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWN OF SAVANNA IS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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.
 
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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, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 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, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 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

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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

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

0315 PM         FAYETTEVILLE            AR   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0325 PM         FAYETTEVILLE            AR   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0335 PM         SHAMROCK                OK   1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        CREEK

0347 PM         4 N OF BRISTOW          OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        CREEK

0407 PM         6 NE OF MCALESTER       OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        PITTSBURG

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:48 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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

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

0315 PM         FAYETTEVILLE            AR   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0325 PM         FAYETTEVILLE            AR   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0335 PM         SHAMROCK                OK   1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        CREEK

0347 PM         4 N OF BRISTOW          OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        CREEK

0407 PM         6 NE OF MCALESTER       OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        PITTSBURG

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:48 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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

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

0315 PM         FAYETTEVILLE            AR   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0325 PM         FAYETTEVILLE            AR   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0335 PM         SHAMROCK                OK   1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        CREEK

0347 PM         4 N OF BRISTOW          OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        CREEK

0407 PM         6 NE OF MCALESTER       OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        PITTSBURG

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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

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

0414 PM         2 S OF TONTITOWN        AR   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WASHINGTON

0420 PM         OKTAHA                  OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MUSKOGEE

0435 PM         151ST AND YALE          OK   60 MPH WIND GUST
06/02/95        TULSA

0438 PM         BIXBY                   OK   62 MPH WIND GUST
06/02/95        TULSA

Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0450 PM         5 E OF MCALESTER        OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        PITTSBURG

0503 PM         DOW                     OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        PITTSBURG

0505 PM         COWETA                  OK   1.25 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WAGONER

0510 PM         COWETA                  OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WAGONER

0528 PM         8 W OF OKMULGEE         OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        OKMULGEE

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, 3:36 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, 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.