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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1995Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 11:47 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Craig County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

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TTAA00 KTUL 090449 RRA
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OKC035-090530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CRAIG COUNTY
 
AT 1147 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NOWATA COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF CRAIG COUNTY THROUGH 1230
AM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
STAY TUNED 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, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

OUTFLOW BNDRY HAS CONTD MOVG SWRD ACRS AREA THIS EVNG AND HAS NOW
BCM NEARLY STNRY ACRS FA FRM NEAR FORT SMITH TO NORTH OF MLC.
RW/TRW CONTG VCNTY OF BNDRY FRM E-CNTL OK INTO NW AR...BUT GENRL
TREND HAS SEEN AVTVTY WEAKENING.  FOCUS FOR FA NOW TURNING TO THE
WEST WHERE COMPLEX OF STMS MOVG FRM NW OK INTO N-CNTL OK.  STMS
SHOWING MORE OF AN E-ENE MVMNT TWRD NRNMOST ZNS...SO FFA ACRS
NRN ZNS LOOKS GOOD AND WL LEAVE IN PLACE AS SERLY SFC WNDS PROVIDE
GOOD INFLOW INTO STMS AS THEY CONT TWRD AREA.  WL LV HIGHEST
POPS ACRS THE NORTH TAPERING OFF TWRD THE SOUTH.  WL ADJST THE
TEMPS AND WNDS A LTL BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...OTHRWS PREV FCST
LOOKS FINE.

...04...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 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, 5 hours 51 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OKZ054-059-090315-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 935 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY AND
WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY SOON AFTER 10 PM.  PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OKZ054-059-090315-

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 935 PM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY AND
WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY SOON AFTER 10 PM.  PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware28 min
Jun 8, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington48 min
Jun 8, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa54 min
Jun 8, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee2 hr
Jun 9, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek43 min
Jun 9, 7:25 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa45 min
Jun 9, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek4 hr
Jun 9, 9:38 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa52 min
Jun 9, 10:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Tulsa4 hr
Jun 9, 11:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington4 hr
Jun 9, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa4 hr
Jun 9, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes49 min
Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek2 hr
Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware44 min
Jun 9, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee51 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair66 min
Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair48 min
Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee54 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee45 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee65 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.