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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 4, 1995Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 4:04 AM CDT for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1995, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1995, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 2206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 11.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KTUL 040904 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC131-143-145-040945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
404 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ROGERS COUNTY...EASTERN TULSA COUNTY...WAGONER COUNTY
 
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM COLLINSVILLE TO JUST
SOUTHWEST OF BIXBY AT 400 AM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BROKEN ARROW...
CATOOSA...AND COWETA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING OR HOME.  STAY
AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.  IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME
YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ONE IS NEARBY.

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 4, 3:34 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:34 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
335 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

EXPECT CURRENT MCS TO SHIFT INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE
DIEING AS PIVA FROM NGM IS FAVORABLE AND TREND HAS BEEN A SLOW
CREEP EASTWARD.

TRENDS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS GETTING LATE
NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING LEFTOVERS...ABEIT STRONG LEFTOVERS...
APPEAR LIKE THEY WILL CONTINUE AS SURFACE BOUNDARY FOR MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE IS ANCHORED OUT ON THE WESTERN PLAINS.  MODELS ALSO
PUT BEST INSTABILITY OUT WEST AND FLOW PATTEN FAVORS DYNAMICS
LIFTING NORTH RATHER THAN EAST. THUS...HAVE TRENDED POPS TO
BETTER CHANCES OVER THE NORTHWEST AND HAVE SLIGHTLY TRENDED POPS
FURTHER EAST TOWARD THE DAYTIME AS IT SEEMS LEFTOVERS TAKE IT
THAT LONG TO GET THERE.  PUT LEAST POPS IN THE SOUTHEAST WHICH IS
OUT OF THE MAIN STORM PATH AND ALSO FIGURES TO BE THE MOST
CAPPED.

TUL 083/067 084/069 085  8443
FSM 087/064 087/0624 087  2222
MLC 087/066 087/066 087  4342
BVO 083/064 084/064 085  8443
FYV 083/063 083/064 084  4242
IDB 089/067 089/068 089  2222
BYV 082/063 082/063 083  4242

.TUL...NONE.

ABBAS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

OKZ054-059-064-065-040715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
137 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM FOR OKFUSKEE...CREEK AND
PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 135 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LARGE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM PAWHUSKA TO
SHAMROCK TO NORMAN. THIS RAIN AREA WAS SLOWLY SPREADING EASTWARD...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE INTO PAWNEE COUNTY BEFORE 200
AM. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
MARAMEC AND PAWNEE AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING.

SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALREADY BEEN WIDESPREAD
EARLIER TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

OKZ054-059-064-065-040715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
137 AM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM FOR OKFUSKEE...CREEK AND
PAWNEE COUNTIES...

AT 135 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THE EASTERN EDGE OF THIS LARGE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM PAWHUSKA TO
SHAMROCK TO NORMAN. THIS RAIN AREA WAS SLOWLY SPREADING EASTWARD...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE INTO PAWNEE COUNTY BEFORE 200
AM. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
MARAMEC AND PAWNEE AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING.

SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS ALREADY BEEN WIDESPREAD
EARLIER TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:47 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
347 AM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0315 AM    BRISTOW                      OK   57 MPH WIND GUST
06/04/95   CREEK

Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:48 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
347 AM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0315 AM    BRISTOW             R         OK   57 MPH WIND GUST
06/04/95   CREEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 2:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pawnee	4 hr
Jun 4, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	43 min
Jun 4, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	53 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995 Every 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.