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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Osage County, Oklahoma

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.

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, 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.

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 
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                      DOWNED
Local 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       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, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee27 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

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.