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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 8:46 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 9:13 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3903 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
3903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.3
Supercell composite
29.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KTUL 100149 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC021-135-101-100230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   EASTERN MUSKOGEE...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY...
   NORTHERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BRAGGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TENKILLER STATE PARK AND
COOKSON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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 9, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
255 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

18Z SFC ANALYS INDCTS A OUTFLO BNDRY ACRS ECNTL OK.  XPCT TSTMS
TO DVLP ALG BNDRY WITH DIFNTL HEATING IN A VERY UNSTBL AMS.  MOST
OF THE ACTVTY IN SERN OK SHUD END BFR MID DUE TO LACK OF UPR LVL
SUPPORT.  HWVR LT THIS EVE AND INTO THE NGT...XPCT FOCUS TO SHIFT
BACK INTO NERN OK ONCE AGAIN.  STG TSTMS FIRING IN SWRN OK WL BGN
TO ADVNC NEWD.  ETA/NGM GRDD DATA SHOWS LO LVL JET AXIS SLIDING
EWD OUT OF WRN OK INTO ERN OK OVRNGT.  RMNTS OF BNDRY MAY RETREAT
A BIT NWD WITH HVY RAINFALL XPCTD NORTH OF BNDRY.  THUS WITH NERN
OK QUITE SATRTD...WL ISSUE A FFA FOR MUCH OF NERN OK TNGT.

AFT THIS ROUND OF TSTMS ENDS SAT MRNG...LEFTOVR BNDRYS IN UNSTBL
AMS WL PRBLY AGAIN BCM THE NEXT FOCUS SAT AFTN AND EVE.  AFT THAT
ROUND OF TSTMS ENDS...APRCHG CDFNT AND UPR SYS MOVING INTO CNTL
PLAINS WL GIVE EOK/NWRN AR ONE MORE GOOD SHOT OF TSTMS SAT NGT
AND ERY SUN.  HOPING CDFNT WL PUSH ENUF DRY AIR INTO NERN OK SUN
TO KEEP ANY LINGERING ACVTY IN SERN OK SUN AFTN.

PRELIMS
TUL 66/81/63/75 7562
FSM 69/86/66/80 5464
MLC 68/84/65/78 6564
BVO 64/80/61/73 7561
FYV 67/81/63/74 6563
IDB 71/89/67/82 4355
BYV 67/81/63/74 6564

..11..

.TUL...FFA FOR MUCH OF NERN OK TNGT (ZNS 54>67).

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

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

1100 AM        WESTPORT                 OK   NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
06/09/95       PAWNEE                        FLOODED

1200 PM        EAST OF LENEPAH          OK   HIGHWAY 20 CLOSED DUE
06/09/95       NOWATA                        TO HIGH WATER

1200 PM        EAST OF RAMONA           OK   COUNTY ROADS CLOSED
06/09/95       WASHINGTON                    DUE TO HIGH WATER

1200 PM        CLAREMORE                OK   NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
06/09/95       ROGERS                        COVERED BY HIGH WATER

1230 PM        WEST OF SKIATOOK         OK   HIGHWAY 11 ON COUNTY
06/09/95       OSAGE                         LINE CLOSED DUE TO
                                             HIGH WATER

1230 PM        EAST OF SKIATOOK         OK   HIGHWAY 11 ON COUNTY
06/09/95       TULSA                         LINE CLOSED DUE TO
                                             HIGH WATER

1250 PM        EAST OF SKIATOOK         OK   HIGHWAY 20 AND 126TH
06/09/95       TULSA                         CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
                                             WATER

0130 PM        DRUMRIGHT                OK   NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED
06/09/95       CREEK                         BY HIGH WATER

0230 PM        BRAGGS                   OK   NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS
06/09/95       MUSKOGEE                      DOWNED
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

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

0700 PM        BEARDEN                  OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/95       OKFUSKEE

0725 PM        HENRYETTA                OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/95       OKMULGEE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee35 min
Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee27 min
Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Sequoyah40 min
Jun 9, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Jun 9, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington47 min
Jun 9, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata48 min
Jun 9, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Washington3 hr
Jun 9, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig54 min
Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington49 min
Jun 9, 11:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Washington26 min
Jun 9, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers41 min
Jun 9, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa52 min
Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers34 min
Jun 10, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata29 min
Jun 10, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig48 min
Jun 10, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers31 min
Jun 10, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Ottawa2 hr
Jun 10, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes38 min
Jun 10, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig26 min
Jun 10, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware42 min
Jun 10, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Ottawa3 hr
Jun 10, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata39 min
Jun 10, 5:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa3 hr
Jun 10, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.