Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1995, 1:14 AM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 76 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1995, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1995, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 240617 RRA SVRTUL OKC107-037-113-117-240730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 114 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...CREEK COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY...PAWNEE COUNTY AT 113 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OSAGE...PAWNEE...CREEK AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE. DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 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 WA^LLS AND WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ONE IS NEARBY. 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 Jul 23, 9:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 9:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 900 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995 AREA OF RW/TRW MOVG FRM N-CNTL OK INTO NWRN PART OF FA ATTM. THESE STMS GENRLLY WEAKENING PAST HR OR SO WITH MAIN ACTION STILL OFF TO THE WEST WITH H5 SHORTWAVE TROF APPRCHNG. STMS ATTM BEST ORGANIZED ACRS WRN KS...WITH MORE WDLY SCTD SVR STRMS ACRS TX PANHNDL AND SWRN OK. MAY ALSO SEE THESE STMS BTR ORGANIZE INTO MCS NXT FEW HRS WITH ESEWRD MVMNT. IN ANY EVENT...WL UP THE POPS ACRS THE AREA OVRNGT AS ORGANIZED STSYM XPCTD TO MOV ACRS. REST OF AFTN PKG LOOKS GOOD WITH ONLY MINOR TEMP AND WND ADJSTMNTS. ...04... .TUL...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 8:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
OKZ054-055-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-067-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 850 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 839 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS DIMINISHED...AND AS A RESULT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 839 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WELL TO THE WEST OF THE AREA MAY RESULT IN OTHER WATCHES IF THEY REMAIN SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
OKZ054>071-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1120 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE... WASHINGTON...CREEK...AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HIGH WINDS OVER NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA IS MOVING QUICKLY EASTWARD. IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER...IT WILL MOVE OVER PAWNEE AND OSAGE COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. IT IS UNCERTAIN IF THESE STORMS WILL REACH EASTERN OKLAHOMA BEFORE SUBSTANTIALLY WEAKENING. IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER...THEY COULD THREATEN CREEK...PAWNEE...AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 76 min |
| Jul 24, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 45 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.