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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1995Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 8:16 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 1995, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 090117 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC087-090145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
816 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 812 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST MADISON
COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS CENTERED ABOUT 4
MILES NORTH OF PETTIGREW...MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH.  THE TOWN OF
BOSTON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
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 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 8, 3:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 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, 4:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 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, 4 hours 14 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, 3 hours 24 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, 3 hours 19 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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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

OKZ054>061-064-082330-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 CANCELLED NORTHWEST OF I-44 IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST...THE AIR OVER
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 HAS BECOME COOLER
AND MUCH MORE STABLE.  THEREFORE...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
THOSE AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44.

COUNTIES CANCELLED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...AND OTTAWA.   SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF
CREEK...TULSA...AND ROGERS COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE IN THE WATCH AREA
...ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES ARE NOT LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

OKZ054>061-064-082330-

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

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 CANCELLED NORTHWEST OF I-44 IN
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND EAST...THE AIR OVER
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 581 HAS BECOME COOLER
AND MUCH MORE STABLE.  THEREFORE...THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
THOSE AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44.

COUNTIES CANCELLED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...AND OTTAWA.   SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF
CREEK...TULSA...AND ROGERS COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE IN THE WATCH AREA
...ALTHOUGH NORTHWEST PORpTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES ARE NOT LIKELY TO
EXPERIENCE ANY SEVERE WEATHER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	33 min
Jun 8, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Madison	47 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	66 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.