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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 6, 1995Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 9:43 AM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
32 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 14:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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, 9:41 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:41 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 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 43 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 42 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 41 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, 19 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, 14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage44 min
Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Jun 5, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 6, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa53 min
Jun 6, 1:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage3 hr
Jun 6, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner46 min
Jun 6, 2:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWashington3 hr
Jun 6, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
Jun 6, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek47 min
Jun 6, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa40 min
Jun 6, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa54 min
Jun 6, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa38 min
Jun 6, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers51 min
Jun 5, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll49 min
Jun 5, 7:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACarroll115 min
Jun 5, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll31 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.