Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 7:23 PM CDT for Benton County, Carroll County, Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 050025 RRA SVRTUL ARC007-015-087-143-050130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 723 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...EASTERN BENTON COUNTY...WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY ...WESTERN MADISON COUNTY...EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 722 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SULPHER SPRINGS TO WEDINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BENTONVILLE...FAYETTEVILLE...WEST FORK... EUREKA SPRINGS...AND HUNTSVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 80 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING OR HOME. STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE JIN A MOBILE HOME YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ONE IS NEARBY. DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSON OCCUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
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 4, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
340 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
CAP STILL HOLDING ACROSS FA THIS AFTN...BUT LEADING EDGE OF COLD
AIR ALOFT SHUD BEGIN TO SPILL INTO E OK WITHIN NEXT HOUR OR SO.
PROFILER DATA AND MESONET INDICATING VEERING FLOW AHEAD OF DRYLINE
SO LARGE HAIL LIKELY MAIN THREAT IN W PART OF FA. ETA HELICITY
PROGS TARGET BEST CHC FOR ROTATING STRMS IN E PART OF FA. WL HV
HIGHEST POPS IN E SINCE STRMS MAY FIRE B4 00Z ACROSS W PART OF
AREA. WL GEN STAY WELL ABV MOS POPS FOR TONIGHT. WL HV CAUTION ON
LAKES ACROSS NE OK/NW AR ZNS THIS EVENING.
ETA MAINTAINS GUD CAPES IN E ZNS SO WL CONT CHC POPS IN EAST ZNS
ON WED WITH SLGHT CHC IN W WITH ACTIVITY MAINLY DIURNAL. FNTL BDRY
TO SHIFT E OF AREA BY WED WITH UPR RDG BUILDING W OF AREA BY LATE
IN THE WEEK.
TUL 068/091 069/090 068 421-
FSM 071/090 069/091 067 4431
MLC 070/091 070/091 068 3421
BVO 069/090 067/091 XXX 42`1-
FYV 068/088 067/090 XXX 6431
IDB 071/091 069/090 XXX 3331
BYV 070/089 067/088 XXX 6431
...10...
.TUL...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THIS EVENING OK ZONES 54>71
AR ZONES 1/2/10/11.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-051200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 130 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LOW PRESSURE FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA TO CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BROUGHT STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE SOUTH WINDS HAVE BROUGH VERY MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR TO THE AREA. THESE STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND THE WINDS ALOFT PROVIDE A VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO THE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE QUESTION IS WHEN AND IF THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM SO THEY CAN BECOME SEVERE. A WARM LAYER OF AIR CONTINUES TO BE OVER THE AREA AND IS ACTING AS A LID ON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN KANSAS AT MIDDAY WILL LIKELY HELP BREAK THE LID AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AS THIS DISTURBANCE MOVES CLOSER THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AT MIDDAY WILL SHIFT EAST. THE CONVERGENCE OF WIND ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. THIS UPPER AND SURFACE SUPPORT IN COMBINATION WITH THE WIND FIELDS AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR WARRANT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PEOPLE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY SHOULD ALSO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS LAT>ER IN THE DAY. REVIEW SEVERE STORM SAFETY RULES BEFORE HEADING OUT FOR THE DAY. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION IN CASE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-051200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 430 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1993 ...UPDATE FOR SHORT TERM TRENDS... A THUNDERSTORM HAS RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE OVER SOUTHEAST CREEK COUNTY BETWEEN BRISTOW AND SLICK. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY BETWEEN 5 AND 630 PM. WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY AND A MODERATELY FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE THIS STORM MAY BECOME A SUPERCELL WITH THE THREAT OF EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND SPOTTER GROUPS IN CREEK...TULSA AND OKMUfLGEE COUNTIES SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DEPLOY SPOTTERS ON THIS STORM. PERSONS IN EASTERN CREEK...SOUTHERN TULSA AND NORTHER OKMULGEE COUNTY SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 67 min |
| Jul 4, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.