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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 5, 1995Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 052030
SVRTUL
OKC077-121-052115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
329 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...LATIMER COUNTY...PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
AT 327 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM
5 MILES NORTH OF HAILEYVILLE TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF KIOWA. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
GOWEN...HAILEYVILLE...HARTSHORNE AND PITTSBURG ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 5, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 AM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

MCS MOVG ACRS NRN/CTRL OK THIS MRNG WL CONT EWD/NEWD DURG MRNG/
ERLY AFTN WHILE DECAYING.  WL INCRS POPS FOR ZNS TUL NWD IN PATH
OF MCS...MAINLY THRU ERLY AFTN AS AMS SHUD BE STABILIZED BY MCS
REMNANTS...MAKING LATE DAY TRW UNLKLY.  WL ADJUST TEMPS AS NEEDED
DUE TO XPCTD CLDS/PCPN FROM DECAYING MCS.

MESONET SHWS GOOD BNDRY OVR CTRL OK BEING LEFT BY MCS...SHUD MOVE
OVR SRN/SERN OK THIS AFTN.  GOOD HEATG AND HI DWPTS SHUD LEAD TO
SCTD AFTN TSTMS...WL CONT 30 TO 40 POPS...AND WL WORD ZNS 'SCTD
TRW' RTHR THAN JUST 'A CHC'.

NO CHGS TO LTR PDS.

PW

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-061200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING
THAT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...INCLUDING MCCURTAIN
COUNTY.

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
THIS MORNING CONTINUED TO DIMINISH OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON.  OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM...AND AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.  WITH THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
REMAINING VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.  THE POTENTIAL WILL BE GREATEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40...WHERE THESE INGREDIENTS WILL MORE LIKELY COME TOGETHER.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WELL OFF TO THE
WEST OF THE AREA ALONG A DEVELOPING DRYLINE.  THESE STORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A COMPLEX THAT WOULD
THEN MOVE EASTWARD...AFFECETING EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS LATE lTONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 PM CDT MON JUN 05 1995

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

1058 PM         OKEMAH                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/95        OKFUSKEE                     SEVERAL LARGE TREE
                                             LIMBS DOWN.

1220 AM         COLLINSVILLE            OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95        TULSA                        TREE BLOWN OVER.

1244 AM         INOLA                   OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/95        ROGERS                       TREE UPROOTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee53 min
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee50 min
Jun 4, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee41 min
Jun 4, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa47 min
Jun 4, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee31 min
Jun 4, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee36 min
Jun 4, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner47 min
Jun 5, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa17 min
Jun 5, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee63 min
Jun 5, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner65 min
Jun 5, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes52 min
Jun 5, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig35 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg48 min
Jun 5, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg119 min
Jun 5, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer35 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell49 min
Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore49 min
Jun 5, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore119 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore35 min
Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah60 min
Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair42 min
Jun 5, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair27 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.