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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1995LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 6:18 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County LeFlore County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 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, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 30 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, 1 hour 24 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, 38 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

0524 PM         GOWEN                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        HASKELL

0525 PM         6 E OF BROKEN ARROW     OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WAGONER

0551 PM         CHOUTEAU                OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

0610 PM         LOCUST GROVE            OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES
Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

0524 PM         GOWEN                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        HASKELL

0525 PM         6 E OF BROKEN ARROW     OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        WAGONER

0551 PM         CHOUTEAU                OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

0610 PM         LOCUST GROVE            OK   0.88 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        MAYES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer52 min
Jun 2, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 2, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee44 min
Jun 2, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore51 min
Jun 2, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore51 min
Jun 2, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah40 min
Jun 2, 10:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Jun 2, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer40 min
Jun 2, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore45 min
Jun 2, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore34 min
Jun 2, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek69 min
Jun 2, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg54 min
Jun 2, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee49 min
Jun 2, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa61 min
Jun 2, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek33 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg45 min
Jun 2, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg61 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes45 min
Jun 2, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware49 min
Jun 2, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison27 min
Jun 2, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll46 min
Jun 2, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian28 min
Jun 2, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington48 min
Jun 2, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington53 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.