Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nowata County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 030704 RRA SVRTUL OKC105-030745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 205 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEV
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 Jul 2, 9:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 910 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1995 BATCH OF TSTRMS BETWEEN OKC AND MLC APPARENTLY HV FORMED ALG NW-SE BAROCLINIC ZN ANALYZED FM SW KS INTO SE OK. 00Z H85 ANALYSIS/AREA PROFILERS SHOW 20-30 KNOTS OF SLY LLV INFLOW WITH +14C DWPTS ADVECTING INTO THE AREA. THESE STORMS HV SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF BECOMING A LTL BETTER ORGANIZED...SO THIS CLUSTER SHUD PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SVRL HRS. ISOLD SUPERCELLS OVR SE KS HV FORMED IN ADVANCE OF SUBTLE MID LVL SHRTWV EVIDENT ON HI RES WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. AFOREMENTIONED LLVL JET AND MOISTURE INFLOW SHUD HELP THIS ACTIVITY BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED OVERNIGHT. 00Z ETA DROPS WK SHR:TWV INTO WRN AR BY MRNG...SO MAY SEE ACTIVITY SLIDE SE ACRS NE OK/NW AR OVERNIGHT. NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED TO ZNS. WL TINKER WITH POPS A BIT BASED ON CURRENT 88D. .TUL...NONE. HODGES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-031200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1240 AM CDT MON JUL 3 1993 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT IN MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MCALESTER TO FORT SMITH TO KINGSTON IN MADISON COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA WILL REMAIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WITH A SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASING JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE...THE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE SOUTHEAST KANSAS/NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BORDER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY...BUT SHOULD SOON BEGIN A SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT THAT WILL TAKE THEM INTO THE RISK AREA. THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL INFLOW SUGGESTS A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT THAT IS SLOWLY LIFTING NORTH INTO THE AREA. IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY TOO WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 50 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.