Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1995, 9:58 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1995, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 100259 RRA SVRTUL OKC113-100345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 958 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY AT 958 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRFA THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR PAWHUSKA BY 1030 PM. OTHER STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY MAY ALSO INTENSIFY TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 9, 9:00 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 100158 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 900 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995 ISOLD SUPERCELL MOVG ACRS FA THIS EVNG RMNS SVR AS IT MOVS ACRS E-CNTL OK AND APRCHS WRN AR ATTM. AMS RMNS VRY MOIST/UNSTBL...AND CONCERN FOR THE REST OF TNGT WL BE STG LLVL JET PROGD OVR THE AREA CAUSING ADDTNL DVLPMNT ALNG ANY BNDRYS OVR THE AREA. LARGE COMPLEX OF STMS OVR SERN KS SHOWING SIGNS OF TRYING TO DVLP SWRD ALONG BNDRY INTO NRN OK NOW...AND XPCT THIS TREND TO CONT. MESONET ALSO SHOWG E-W BNDRY OVR NRN ZNS...AND ALSO IN WAKE OF SUPERCELL. WL LV FFA FOR NERN OK AS IS...AS MUCH OF WATCH AREA RCVD TREMENDOUS RAINS EARLIER TDA. WL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHGS TO AFTN PKG. ...04... .TUL...FFA FOR MUCH OF NERN OK TNGT (ZNS 54>67).
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 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 DOWNEDLocal storm report, Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 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 OKMULGEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 11:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 26 min |
| Jun 9, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 26 min |
| Jun 10, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 42 min |
| Jun 10, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 5:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 46 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.