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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 1:11 PM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
601 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 091812 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC097-091900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
111 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...MAYES COUNTY
 
AT 105 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 4 MILES WEST
OF PRYOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. PRYOR...SALINA...ADAIR... AND
PENSACOLA ARE 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.

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 8, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig43 min
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, 1:19 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

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.