Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 340, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1995, 4:23 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1995, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1995, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 955 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 240924 RRA SVRTUL ARC033-131-OKC135-079-241030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 423 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...LE FLORE COUNTY AT 423 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF MULDROW TO POTEAU TO MUSE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE SHOULD MOVE INTO THE FORT SMITH AREA AROUND 5 AM. DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 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. 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 24, 4:05 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 4:05 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 240905 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 405 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 SATELLITE SHOWS CLOUD TOPS WARMING ON THE MCS MOVING ACROSS ERN OK AND RADAR DATA CONFIRMS THE WEAKENING TREND. STORMS STILL PRODUCING SOME WIND WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN CHEROKEE COUNTY ATTM WHERE WIND DAMAGE HAS JUST RECENTLY OCCURRED. EXPECT PRECIP TO END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING BUT WITH SHORTWAVE JUST NOW MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLES... REDEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE AGAIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS THE AIRMASS RECOVERS SO WILL GO WITH 30% POPS THIS AFTERNOON IN ALL AREAS. TREND THE LAST FEW NIGHTS HAS BEEN FOR STORMS TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED DURING THE EVENING SO WILL UP POPS TO 40% IN MOST AREAS TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA TUESDAY BUT AIRMASS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE BY AFTERNOON. MID LEVEL TEMPS MAY WARM A DEGREE OR TWO TUESDAY BUT THIS MAY BE OFFSET BY INCREASING SFC TEMPS SO WILL KEEP 20% POPS IN ERN OK AND WEST CENTRAL AR AND 30% POPS IN NW AR FOR TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REALLY BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE AREA IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD SO TSTM CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH AND TEMPS SHOULD WARM TO AROUND THE CENTURY MARK IN MOST AREAS. THE WARMING TREND SHOWN BY THE GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOKS GOOD BUT WILL CUT MOST TEMPS BY A DEGREE OR TWO. THE EXCEPTION IS TODAY AT FSM WHERE THE NGM MOS MAY BE A BIT TOO COOL. TUL 92/73/96/77 3422 FSM 92/73/96/73 9422 MLC 92/73/96/76 6422 BVO 93/72/97/74 3422 FYV 89/70/93/72 9432 IDB 92/71/95/72 7322 BYV 88/68/92/70 9432 .TUL...NONE. PLATE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OKZ054>077-241200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 125 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 ...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL BE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THE REST OF TONIGHT... AT 115 AM...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OVER 70 MPH AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND BRING THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE THEIR MOVEMENT THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THE TULSA OKMULGEE...EUFAULA AND MCALESTER AREAS BY AROUND 215 AM AND INTO THE PRYOR...MUSKOGEE AND WILBURTON AREAS BY AROUND 330 AM. PEOPLE IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND PROPERTY IF THESE STORMS APPROACH. SECURE ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THAT MAY BLOW IN THE STRONG WINDS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
OKZ054>077-241200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 125 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 ...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL BE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THE REST OF TONIGHT... AT 115 AM...A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS OVER 70 MPH AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAINS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND BRING THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE THEIR MOVEMENT THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THE TULSA OKMULGEE...EUFAULA AND MCALESTER AREAS BY AROUND 215 AM AND INTO THE PRYOR...MUSKOGEE AND WILBURTON AREAS BY AROUND 330 AM. PEOPLE IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE STORMS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND PROPERTY IF THESE STORMS APPROACH. SECURE ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THAT MAY BLOW IN THE STRONG WINDS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:07 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
OKZ062-063-068-069-072-074-075-076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-241000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 407 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 405 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR JAY TO SALLISAW TO TALIHINA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG THE LINE OF STORMS. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH 6 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:09 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
OKZ062-063-068-069-072-074-075-076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-241000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 407 AM CDT MON JUL 24 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 405 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR JAY TO SALLISAW TO TALIHINA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG THE LINE OF STORMS. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS THROUGH 6 AM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LOCAL 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, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 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, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.