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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1995Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3219 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
3219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 082237 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC001-021-082330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
536 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY...EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 533 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED ABOUT 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TAHLEQUAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
PASS BETWEEN PROCTOR AND STILWELL BEFORE 6 PM.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
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 FLOODED ROAD.
 
KEEP TUNED2 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 8, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...ADD FFA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
315 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

HAVE GOTTEN QUIT A BIT BEHIND WITH STRONG TO SVR STORM IN NRN ZNS
AND OB MOVING WELL INTO NE OK...SO THIS WILL BE BRIEF.

CLUSTER OF STORMS SEEMS TO BE BEING SUPPORTED BY VORT MAX MOVING
INTO NE OK. GOES-8 WV IMAGRY SHOWS SUBSNC AREA BEHIND DISTURBANCE
MOVING THRU N TX INTO SE OK. PCP SHUD CONT TO SPREAD E AND SE
INTO ARK WITH ADDITIONAL DVLPMENT PSBL ON OB THIS EVE IN EC/SE OK
WHERE TMPS HAVE GOTTEN INTO MID/UP 80S. OTR DVLPMENT LIKELY OVR W
OK NEAR FNT...MAY MOVE E BACK INTO NE OK AFT MIDNIGHT. WILL KEEP
HIGHEST POPS IN NRN ZNS AND TAPPER SOUTHWARD.

APPEARS DYNAMICS WILL ALL LIFT WELL N OF FA FRI BUT WITH ETA
CAPES > 4000 AND CINH NOT OVERWHELMING WILL KEEP SLGT CHC POPS
OVR FA FRI.

ETA/AVN AGREE WITH LAST NIGHTS MRF IN BRINGING FNT INTO FA ON
SAT. THIS MORNS NGM KEEPS FNT WELL N BUT DRAGS DRYLN INTO CENT
OK. SO NGM MOS TMPS/POPS IN LATER PERIODS ARE MUCH DIF THAN FAN
MOS. WILL GO ALONG WITH ETA/AVN/MRF AND NMC MAN PROGS AND BRING
FNT INTO NE OK SAT MORN. SHUD BE WIDESPREAD PCP AHEAD OF FNT INTO
NE OK FRI NIGHT AND THEN MOVE THRU FA SAT.

THOUGHT ABOUT FFA FOR NRN TIER OF ZNS WHERE TRW MAY RETRAK LATER
TONIGHT. WILL TRY TO COORD WITH OUN/TOP ON THIS AND REISSUE AFD
IF ONE IS DECIDED.

ADDED FFA.

/13
TUL  068/088 069/082 060 3244
FSM  071/091 071/085 066 2124
MLC  073/091 073/085 063 2124
BVO  064/088 067/082 XXX 5253
FYV  069/088 070/083 XXX 4224
IDB  071/092 072/089 XXX 1113
BYV  065/086 067/084 XXX 4234

.TUL...FFA TONIGHT ZNS 54>58.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-091200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40.  A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH
EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS.  THE AIRMASS IS QUITE MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE WHICH WILL
PROVIDE A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING.
.
THE GREATES POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM HAIL AND HIGH
WINDS.  HOWEVER...TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WHERE UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE MORE FAVORABLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
OKZ054>069-082115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
401 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 355 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM OKMULGEE TO SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MAYES COUNTY...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AROUND 30 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
OKZ054>069-082115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
401 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 355 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM OKMULGEE TO SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER MAYES COUNTY...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AROUND 30 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:52 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
452 PM CDT THU JUN 08 1995

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

145 PM         DEWEY                    OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/95       WASHINGTON CO

230 PM         6-8 MI EAST OF OTTAWA    OK   SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
06/08/95       OTTAWA CO

325 PM         BLUE JACKET/WELCH AREA   OK   POWER LINES AND SEVERAL
06/08/95       CRAIG CO                      TREES BLOWN DOWN

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
452 PM CDT THU JUN 08 1995

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

145 PM         DEWEY                    OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/95       WASHINGTON CO

230 PM         6-8 MI EAST OF OTTAWA    OK   SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
06/08/95       OTTAWA CO

325 PM         BLUE JACKET/WELCH AREA   OK   POWER LINES AND SEVERAL
06/08/95       CRAIG CO                      TREES BLOWN DOWN

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington28 min
Jun 8, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata42 min
Jun 8, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa37 min
Jun 8, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig53 min
Jun 8, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata37 min

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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.