Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1995, 5:57 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1995, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 052258 RRA SVRTUL ARC143-060000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 557 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 556 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN TO NEAR NATURAL DAM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. LINCOLN...PRAIRIE GROVE...AND WEST FORK ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 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 FLOODE"D 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, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 355 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 MRNG MCS HAS STABILIZED AMS ACRS NE OK...WHILE CNVCTN IS FIRING ACRS SRN OK/NRN TX ALNG OUTFLO BDRY AHD OF NRN TX VORT MAX...AND ALSO FIRING ALNG DRYLN TX PNDL AHD OF DISTINCT VORT MAX SEEN ROTATING SEWD OVR OK PNDL ON 4KM GOES8 WTR VPR AND PROFLR NETWRK. SFC ANALYS SHOWS WK E TO W BNDRY...PSBL WRMFNT...IN PRES FIELD AND WIND FIELD OVR NRN TX XTNDG FROM LOW PRES OVR SERN NM. XPCT 1ST ROUND OF TRW...SOME SVR...TO AFFECT AREAS E OF OUTFLOW BDRY THIS AFTN/EVNG. MNWHL...SVR CNVCTN SHUD DVLP ACRS SRN TX PNDL WHR DRYLN INTERSECTS NRN TX WRMFNT/TROF. AS LLJ GETS GOING TNGT...THINK ANOTHR CNVCTV COMPLEX WL DVLP. THERMAL WIND FIELD SUGGEST A MVMT TO E OR EVEN ESE...NOT NE AS INDCTD FOR LAST NGTS MCS. THIS MVMT WUD TAKE IT OVR NRN TX OR SRN OK LATE TNGT AS S/W TROF SWINGS EWD OVR AREA. MAY NOT BE MUCH TNGT TUL NWD...ATTM WL INCLD 30 POPS THESE ZNS...WITH 40 TO 50 POPS S AND E OF TUL. WHATS LEFT OF MCS TMRW MRNG CUD AFFECT FAR ERN/SERN ZNS...WILL WORD THOSE ZNS PC WITH 20 POPS RW/TRW IN MRNG...BECOMING MSTLY SUNNY IN AFTN. ELSEWHR...BCMG MSTLY SUNNY. AMS WL BE VRY UNSTBL IN AFTN WITH SFC TEMPS WELL INTO 80S TO LWR 90S AND DWPTS IN 65 TO 70 RNG. HWVR...MDLS SUGGEST SUBSTANTIAL WARMING ALOFT...WITH 700 MB TEMPS ABV 10 DGRS C. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD LATE DAY TRW ON ANY WK BDRYS IN AREA...AND DUE TO TERRAIN EFFECTS ACRS NW AR/ SE OK...ESP WITH MDLS INDICATG SOME LLVL ISENTRPC LIFT ACRS ERN OK/NW AR THRU MIDDAY. ATTM...WL MENT ISOLD LATE DAY TRW IN SE OK/NW AR ZNS...NO MENT ELSWHR DUE TO STG CAP XPCTD. FAIR WX XPCTD TMRW NGT. LOOKED FOR MCC POTNTL IN MDL GRIDDED DATA. THERE IS SOME POTNTL OVR WRN KS AHD OF WK 700 MB S/W TROF BUT THKNS FIELDS WUD STEER SUCH AN MCC N OF FCST AREA...SO NO TRW MENT IN ZNS. MSTLY SUNNY...HOT AND HUMID CONDS XPCTD WED...WITH STG CAP SUPPRSG TRW DVLPMNT. ISOLD TRW PSBL DUE TO TERRAIN SE OK/NW AR...BUT WL NOT MENT IN 4TH PD ATTM. LOOKS LIKE A REAL TASTE OF SUMMER FOR FCST AREA NXT FEW DAYS. AS FOR TMPS...WITH VRY WARM 850 MB TEMPS XPCTD...WL GO A LTL ABV MOS FOR HI TMPS NXT 2 DAYS...BUT NOT AS HOT AS IT WOULD BE WITH MORE SWRLY/WRLY SFC FLOW AND ISENTRPC DOWNGLIDE. MOS OVRNGT LOWS NOT TOO BAD. PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 67/89 69/92 31-- MLC 68/92 70/95 51-1 FYV 66/88 68/90 42-1 FSM 66/91 70/94 52-1 BVO 65/89 67/92 31-- IDB 68/92l 71/95 52-1 PW .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 1:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 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, 4 hours 20 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.Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
448 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
315 PM ALDERSON OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 PITTSBURG WIND GUST TO 60 MPH
345 PM MCALESTER OK WIND GUST TO 70 MPH
06/05/95 PITTSBURG
410 PM WILBURTON OK WIND GUSTS 60-65 MPH
06/05/95 LATIMER
355 PM 4 W KINTA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELL
410 PM 3 SW SUMMERFIELD OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 LE FLORE T WIND GUST TO 60 MPH
430 PM MCCURTAIN OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/95 HASKELLSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
OKZ073-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM... AT 504 PM SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER PITTSBURG COUNTY...HOWEVER THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED ON OFF TO THE EAST. THE RAIN OVER PITTSBURG COUNTY SHOULD END BY 6 PM...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:07 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
OKZ073-052215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 505 PM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM... AT 504 PM SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER PITTSBURG COUNTY...HOWEVER THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED ON OFF TO THE EAST. THE RAIN OVER PITTSBURG COUNTY SHOULD END BY 6 PM...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.