Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 8:18 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1995, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, AR
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 WUUS1 KTUL 050120 RRA SVRTUL ARC015-050200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 818 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY AT 818 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HOLIDAY ISLAND TO JUST EAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BERRYVILLE AND GREEN FOREST ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 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 IN A MOBILE HOME YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ONE IS NEARBY.
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, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 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, 4:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 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 | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 67 min |
| 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, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 66 min |
| Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 50 min |
Nearby
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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.