Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1995, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 031133 RRA SVRTUL OKC105-031200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 630 AM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY AT 629 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NOWATA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS TO THE WEST OF THE NOWATA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3, 3:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 325 AM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995 PART OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO THE WEST OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TAKING THE FOREFRONT ON IR SAT LOOPS AND APPEARS MAY RIDE WEAK WAVE INDICATED BY NGM AND ETA INTO THE NORTHERN OR AT LEAST THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE IT DIES. AFTER THIS THIS FORECAST BECOMES MUCH MORE MUDDLED. IN GENERAL IT LOOKS LIKE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE BEST TO OUR WEST AND NORTH. SPOKE AROUND MESSY UPPER SYSTEM TO THE WEST LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HIT THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WITH LEFT OVERS MAKING IT TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LEFTOVERS MAY NOT BE AS BOUNTIFUL AS APPEAR TO BE TODAY THOUGH AS UPPER FLOW LOOSES ITS EASTWARD COMPONENT. ANOTHER THING LOOKING TO KEEP CONVECTION OUT OF THE AREA IS THE CAP. +12 C TEMP AT S784 BULGES OVER FORECAST AREA WITH TIME AND SURFACE DEVELOPMENTS SHIFT TOWARD NORTHERN PLAINS WITH EVOLUTION OF WESTERN UPPER SYSTEM. THUS...THINK WARM...HUMID FORECAST WITH LOW POPS BEYOND NEAR TERM LOOKS GOOD. TUL 085/067 088/070 090 7322 FSM 088/064 090/065 091 3222 MLC 088/066 090/068 091 4222 BVO 086/067 088/069 090 7422 FYV 083/063 087/065 088 4322 IDB 089/067 091/068 091 2222 BYV 082/062 085/065 087 3222 .TUL...NONE. ABBAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:00 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-041800- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT SAT JUN 3 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS BUT OVERALL...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEST OF THIS LINE THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AS WELL. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. A MOIST UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. DAYTIME HEATING AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARIES IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST FROM WEST TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S. INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. SINCE THE AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION... ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:21 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-031800- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 630 AM CDT SAT JUN 03 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT AREA IS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THIS MORNING AND WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE MORNING. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE FOCI FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARIES SHOULD INCREASE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST U.S. IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH A FEW STORMS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION ESPECIALLY LATER TODAYn. AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:30 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-031800- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 630 AM CDT SAT JUN 03 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT AREA IS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THIS MORNING AND WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE MORNING. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THESE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE FOCI FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE TODAY. DAYTIME HEATING AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARIES SHOULD INCREASE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST U.S. IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH A FEW STORMS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY. AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.