Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 10:24 AM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 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 061526 RRA SVRTUL OKC131-143-061615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1024 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY...NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY AT 1024 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF OWASSO. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OWASSO THE PORT OF CATOOSA...AND CLAREMORE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 66TH STREET NORTH AND HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY AT 1020 AM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTEIN 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 6, 9:58 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:58 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1000 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 WILL GO AHD AN MENT ISOLD AFTN TRW TUL AND MLC AREAS WWD WITH WK BDRY IN PLACE OVR WRN/SWRN OK...DECENT LLVL ISEN LIFT...AND VRY UNSTBL AMS. STRNGTHNG CAP AND S/W RDG MOVG OVR AREA THIS AFTN WL WL HOPEFULLY KEEP AFTN ACTVTY ISOLD/WDLY SCTD...WITH ANYTHG MORE THAN THAT W OF TUL/MLC AREAS AS WELL AS ACRS XTRM ERN OK/NW AbR. PW .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 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, 4 hours 23 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, 4 hours 22 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, 1 hour 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, 55 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, 9:36 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 |
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.