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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 374, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 26, 1995LeFlore County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 12:53 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, LeFlore County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2725 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 260555 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC033-131-OKC079-260700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1253 AM CDT WED JUL 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...SEBASTIAN COUNTY
 
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY
 
AT 1251 AM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM PRAIRE GROVE
ARKANSAS TO SALLISAW TO CANADIAN. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS TO 60 MPH AND DOWNED TREES WERE REPORTED IN
STILWELL.
 
DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 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.
 
 
 
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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, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 8:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa36 min
Jul 25, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware46 min
Jul 25, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes53 min
Jul 25, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee68 min
Jul 25, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee45 min
Jul 25, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers50 min
Jul 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes47 min
Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington42 min
Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee42 min
Jul 25, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee52 min
Jul 25, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair60 min
Jul 25, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington65 min
Jul 25, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata65 min
Jul 25, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner59 min
Jul 25, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig59 min
Jul 25, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee67 min
Jul 25, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa63 min
Jul 25, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee69 min
Jul 25, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware56 min
Jul 26, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee29 min
Jul 26, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair65 min
Jul 26, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh65 min
Jul 26, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah85 min
Jul 26, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee49 min
Jul 26, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg59 min
Jul 26, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer61 min
Jul 26, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore40 min
Jul 26, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee39 min
Jul 26, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg45 min
Jul 26, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington39 min
Jul 26, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers45 min
Jul 26, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes40 min
Jul 26, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata47 min
Jul 26, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes50 min
Jul 26, 8:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers47 min
Jul 26, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig52 min
Jul 26, 9:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes53 min
Jul 26, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee50 min
Jul 26, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg28 min
Jul 26, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig45 min
Jul 26, 9:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes46 min
Jul 26, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig62 min
Jul 26, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes63 min
Jul 26, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware58 min
Jul 25, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton53 min
Jul 25, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington66 min
Jul 25, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll66 min
Jul 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton47 min
Jul 26, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington33 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.