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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 4, 1995Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 6:43 PM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Mayes County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2303 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 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
2303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 042345 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC097-050015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
643 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN MAYES COUNTY
 
AT 642 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS EASTERN MAYES COUNTY...WITH THE MOST SEVERE STORM 2 MILES
EAST OF LOCUST GROVE.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LOCUST GROVE.  THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  ROSE...
LOCUST GROVE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
 
HAIL ZTO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek51 min
Jul 4, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa53 min
Jul 4, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee42 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa23 min
Jul 4, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner52 min
Jul 4, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee48 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner45 min
Jul 4, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee26 min
Jul 4, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers38 min
Jul 4, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes49 min
Jul 4, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner51 min
Jul 4, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee47 min
Jul 4, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner52 min
Jul 4, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware58 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.