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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1995Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 807 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1321 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 030014 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC007-030045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
712 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 713 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WEST SILOAM
SPRINGS OKLAHOMA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SILOAM SPRINGS
ARKANSAS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
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, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 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, 56 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, 6:25 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
625 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

0330 PM         5 ESE OF STILWELL       OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        ADAIR

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:26 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
625 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 1995

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

0330 PM         5 ESE OF STILWELL       OK   0.75 INCH HAIL.
06/02/95        ADAIR

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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.