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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 29, 1995Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1995, 6:19 AM CDT for Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2769 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
2769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 291122 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC113-143-291145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
619 AM CDT THU JUN 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY...WESTERN TULSA COUNTY
 
AT 620 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF SAND SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. THE COMMUNTIIES OF SAND SPRINGS AND NEW PRUE ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.
 
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 O*NTO 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 29, 4:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 4:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT THU JUN 29 1995

88D CONTS TO SHOW SCT/NUM STRMS ACROSS N CENT OK/SE KS IN VCNTY OF
OUTFLOW BDRY OVR EXTREME N OK. AMS QUITE UNSTABLE WITH ADAP LIS
-4 TO -6 AT 08Z. EXPECT SCT STRMS TO DEVELOP DURING DAY ALONG BDRY
TDY MAINLY ACROSS N AND CENT ZNS. ALTHO MDLS NOT HANDLING
INDIVIDUAL FEATURES TOO WELL...THEY ARE DEPICTING RIPPLES IN WK ZNL
FLOW. THIS COMBINED WITH OROGRAPHICS AND WK MCON SHUD AID IN
DEVELOPING STRM ACROSS REMAINDER OF FA AS WELL. WL KEEP POPS IN THE
30-40 PCT RANGE TDY. FWC TEMPS APR REASONABLE.

FNT EXPECTED TO SAG S TONIGHT AND FRI (MUCH IN LINE WITH AVN) WITH
STRONG UPSLOPE PROGGED W OF FA. UPR RDG BEGINNING TO BUILD ACROSS
TX BUT STILL WL HV TO CONT IMPUSLES FROM WK UPR TROF OUT W. WL CONT
CHC POPS ACROSS AREA WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS S. TEMPS WL BE TRICKY
AS WELL. WL ACCEPT FWC TEMPS WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS.

TUL 086/070 083/063 083 4432
FSM 090/068 085/065 085 3432
MLC 090/068 085/064 085 4442
BVO 086/066 081/060 XXX 4432
FYV 087/067 081/060 XXX 3432
IDB 092/069 088/066 XXX 3342
BYV 087/064 082/061 XXX 3432

...10...

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee3 hr
Jun 29, 6:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa3 hr
Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner27 min
Jun 29, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee30 min
Jun 29, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee115 min
Jun 29, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg41 min
Jun 29, 5:44 PM 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.