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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 4, 1995Haskell County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1995, 6:46 PM CDT for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Haskell County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 042347 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC061-050030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
646 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...HASKELL COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM...RADAR INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS LOCATED 4
MILES WEST OF KEOTA AND THE OTHdER WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KINTA. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE TOWNS OF TAMAHA AND
WHITEFIELD ARE IN THE PATHS.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.

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, 3:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
315 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 1995

LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DVLP OVR WRN OK AND WRN TX THIS
AFTN...WITH ONLY SOME MODT CU OVR ERN OK AND NW AR. CUD BE SOME ISOLD
STORMS NW OF TUL OR S OF INTERSTATE 40 THRU THIS EVE...BUT BEST BET
FOR RAIN WILL AGAIN BE OVERNITE AS MCS BECOMES WELL ORGANIZED TO THE
WEST AND TRACKS NEWD. WL HAVE LIKELY POPS OVR NE OK TONITE WHERE
MODELS INDICATE BEST SHORTWV ENERGY TO TRACK.

POPS TO REMAIN IN FCST ON MON AND MON NITE AS THE PESKY SHORTWAVE
FINALLY MOVES ACRS KS/OK. MODELS DO NOT AGREE ON TIMING OF IMPULSES
WITHIN FLOW...BUT THEY DO AGREE THAT THE MAIN WAVE WILL BE EAST OF
THE FA ON TUES AS ANOTHER STRONG SYSM MOVES INTO WY/MT. WL KEEP POPS
HIEST IN NRN ZNS MON...WITH LIKELY POPS IN MOST AREAS MON NITE AS THE
SHORTWV MOVES ACRS. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE SHORTWV AND INCRG WESTERLY
COMPONENT TO LO LVL WINDS SHUD ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM TO 90+ ON TUES...
WITH ONLY A SLGT CHC OF AN AFTN STORM IN THE DEEPER LO LVL MSTR OVR
NW ARK WHERE CAP WEAKEST.

NGM MOS TEMPS NOT TOO BAD...XCP PROBABLY TOO COOL FOR TUES MAXES. NGM
MOS POPS HAVE BEEN DISCARDED IN FAVOR OF CONTINUITY.
                                                              /9

TUL 66/83/66/90 6561      MLC 67/86/68/92 4461
BVO 65/83/65/91 7571      IDB 69/90/67/92 2242
FYV 65/82/64/87 4462      FSM 67/86/66/89 3462

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0320 AM    BRISTOW                      OK   58 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/95   CREEK                             ...PEAK GUST FROM
                                             MESONET SITE.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:47 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
545 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0320 AM    BRISTOW                      OK   58 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/95   CREEK                             ...PEAK GUST FROM
                                             MESONET SITE.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:04 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
604 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0310 AM    TERLTON                      OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/95   PAWNEE                            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
                                             TO ROOFS IN TERLTON.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
604 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0310 AM    TERLTON                      OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/95   PAWNEE                            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
                                             TO ROOFS IN TERLTON.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0350 AM    MORRIS                       OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/95   OKMULGEE                          10 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                             DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...
                                             WINDS ESTIMATED TO 65 MPH
                                             IN MORRIS.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT SUN JUN 04 1995

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

0350 AM    MORRIS                       OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/95   OKMULGEE                          10 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
                                             DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...
                                             WINDS ESTIMATED TO 65 MPH
           (                                  IN MORRIS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee4 hr
Jun 4, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee43 min
Jun 4, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee53 min
Jun 4, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner41 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.