Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 10:09 PM CDT for Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1995, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 260311 RRA SVRTUL ARC015-087-143-260415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1009 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 10 05 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLIDAY ISLAND, ARKANSAS TO ROGERS TO SILOAM SPRINGS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, HIWASSE, AND BENTONVILLE AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THOSE AREAS. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES HAVE BEEN REPORTED DOWN IN THIS AREA. 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. 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 25, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 835 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 TRW CONT TO DVLP ACRS KS/MO...SPRDG SE TWRD FCST AREA. STILL ANTICIPATE AN ORGANIZED CNVCTV SYS FROM TRW OVR KS...MOVG SE OVR CTRL/ERN OK DURG NGT. WL CONT WITH TRW LKLY /60 POPS/ NE OK AND NW AR...40 TO 50 POPS ECTRL OK AND FSM AREA...AND JUST 20 OR 30 POPS XTRM SE OK. WL CONT MENT OF SVR PSBL NRN HALF OF FCST AREA. REMAINDR OF FCST OKAY...WITH ONLY MINOR ADJSTMNTS XPCTD. .TUL...NONE. PW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
OKZ054-055-056-260015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 624 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 852 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 11PM... AT 6 15 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM WICHITA TO CHANUTE, AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM NORTHERN OSAGE TO NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THEIR AREAS BY AROUND 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG, DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OSAGE, NORTHERN WASHINGTON, AND NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR, AND SHOULD TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
OKZ054-055-056-260015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 624 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 852 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 11PM... AT 6 15 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM WICHITA TO CHANUTE, AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA FROM NORTHERN OSAGE TO NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THEIR AREAS BY AROUND 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG, DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OSAGE, NORTHERN WASHINGTON, AND NORTHERN NOWATA COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR, AND SHOULD TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TV AND RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THESE STOR,MS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 66 min |
| Jul 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 33 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.