Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 8:58 AM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 8:58 AM CDT (13:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Creek County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 061359 RRA SVRTUL OKC037-061445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 858 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...EASTERN CREEK COUNTY AT 857 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES WEST OF KELLYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KELLYVILLE...KIEFER...AND SAPULPA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 6, 2:55 AM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:55 AM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 255 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 ANOTHER ACTIVE NIGHT ACROSS NE OK. S/W...WELL DEFINED ON SATL AND PROFILER DATA...CURRENTLY MOVING THRU NE OK. THIS FEATURE HAS STRENGTHED CONVECTION ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BDRY WITH 88D SHOWING 1 TO 2 INCH HRLY RAINFALL ACROSS N OSAGE CTY. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND WV SHUD CURTAIL CONVECTION TDY ACROSS W PARTS OF FA. WL CHECK RADAR FOR POPS B4 ZN ISSUANCE BUT FOR NOW WL PLAN ON LOW POPS...MAINLY ACROSS E ZNS. MOS TEMPS LOOK TOO LOW FOR TDY AND REMAINING PERIODS AS WELL AND WL NUDGE UPWARD AT LEAST A CATEGORY. VRY WARM CONDS TO CONT REMAINDER OF FCST PERIOD AS RDGNG BEGINS TO TAKE OVER TONIGHT. VERY STRONG CAP LIKELY AS MDLS FCST H8 TEMPS AROUND +20 - +25 BY WED EVENING WITH FRH/FRHT T5 TEMPS PROGGED INTO THE UPPER TEENS. SURGE OF COOLER AIR ACROSS N PLNS WL LIKELY DROP A FNT INTO KS BY WED NIGHT. ANY STRMS THAT DEVELOP SHUD STAY CONFINED TO THESE BDRYS. TUL 089/069 091/070 091 1--1 FSM 090/067 091/069 092 3111 MLC 091/070 092/071 093 1--- BVO 090/068 092/068 XXX 1--1 FYV 087/068 090/068 XXX 3111 IDB 090/070 092/071 XXX 2111 BYV 086/066 090/067 XXX 3111 ...10... .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
352 AM CDT TUE JUN 06 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1257 AM TULSA OK 1 INCH HAIL
06/06/95 TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AT I-44 AND PEORIA.
0102 AM TULSA OK .88 INCH HAIL
06/06/95 TULSA NICKEL HAIL AT 61ST
AND RIVERSIDE.Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OKZ068>076-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. AN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF IT AND THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THAT ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. AFTER THIS MORNING...WARM AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WARM AIR WILL PROVIDE A LID TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER ALL BUT PERHAPS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
OKZ068>076-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT MON JUN 5 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. AN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF IT AND THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THAT ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. AFTER THIS MORNING...WARM AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WARM AIR WILL PROVIDE A LID TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER ALL BUT PERHAPS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
OKZ068>076-071200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. AN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM AHEAD OF IT AND THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THAT ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. AFTER THIS MORNING...WARM AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AT THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WARM AIR WILL PROVIDE A LID TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER ALL BUT PERHAPS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATER TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 51 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.