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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 6, 1995Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 9:36 AM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 1995, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:55 AM CDT, 6 hours 41 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 44 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, 3 hours 36 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, 3 hours 35 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, 3 hours 34 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.

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:24 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
924 AM CDT TUE JUN 06 1995

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

0830 AM         DRUMRIGHT               OK   .88 INCH HAIL.
06/06/95        CREEK                        NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 EAST
                                             OF DRUMRIGHT.

0918 AM         KELLYVILLE              OK   1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/06/95        CREEK                        GOLFBALL HAIL IN KELLYVILLE.

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:29 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
924 AM CDT TUE JUN 06 1995

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

0830 AM         DRUMRIGHT               OK   .88 INCH HAIL.
06/06/95        CREEK                        NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 EAST
                                             OF DRUMRIGHT.

0918 AM         KELLYVILLE              OK   1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/06/95        CREEK                        GOLFBALL HAIL IN KELLYVILLE.

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, 8:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	47 min
Jun 6, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	40 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
Jun 5, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	49 min
Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Carroll	115 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.