Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 8:13 AM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 261315 RRA SVRTUL OKC131-261400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 813 AM CDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY AT 812 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOWATA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CHELSEA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN NOWATA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. DURING THE STORM MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROADR. &
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 26, 4:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 4:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 425 AM CDT WED JUL 26 1995 MAIN PART OF MCS IS MOVING EAST OF FORECAST AREA...BUT WILL HAVE TO MENTION TRW/RW WESTERN SECTIONS OF FORECAST AREA AS TRW/RW HAVE POPPED UP FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHWEST OF TULSA. OTHER THAN THESE THE MAIN CLOUD BAND WITH MCS HAS BEEN DISSIPATING SO HAVE WORDED FORECAST BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. AFTER THIS MORNING THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S BUILDS THIS WAY BRINGING CAPPING MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES. ON THE LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE FRONT BOTH THE ETA AND NGM MOVE THE +24 C 8H TEMPERATURE LINE SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WHICH TRANSLATES INTO 100 F SURFACE TEMPEXRATURES. TUL 097/076 100/078 101 1000 FSM 097/074 099/076 100 0000 MLC 099/074 100/076 101 2000 BVO 099/074 101/075 XXX 1000 FYV 095/071 097/074 XXX 0000 IDB 098/073 099/074 XXX 2000 BYV 093/069 095/071 XXX 0000 .TUL...NONE. ABBAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
OKZ065-074-075-076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-260815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 247 AM CDT WED JUL 26 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 858 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ARKANSAS COUNTIES... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND CRAWFORD. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THESE AREAS AS THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PUSH MOVE OUT OF THIS REGION AND NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 858 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM FOR... NEWTON...FRANKLIN...JOHNSON...POPE...LOGAN...SCOTT...YELL AND POLK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 856 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MCINTOSH...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 856 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR OKFUSKEE AND PITTSBURG COUNTIES. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND IT COULD AFFECT PARTS OF OKFUSKEE AND PITTSBURG COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING.
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
OKZ065-074-075-076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-260815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 247 AM CDT WED JUL 26 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 858 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING ARKANSAS COUNTIES... BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON...MADISON...SEBASTIAN AND CRAWFORD. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THESE AREAS AS THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PUSH MOVE OUT OF THIS REGION AND NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 858 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM FOR... NEWTON...FRANKLIN...JOHNSON...POPE...LOGAN...SCOTT...YELL AND POLK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 856 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MCINTOSH...HASKELL...LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 856 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 4AM FOR OKFUSKEE AND PITTSBURG COUNTIES. AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND IT COULD AFFECT PARTS OF OKFUSKEE TAND PITTSBURG COUNTIES LATER THIS MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 68 min |
| Jul 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 67 min |
| Jul 25, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 69 min |
| Jul 25, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 85 min |
| Jul 26, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 62 min |
| Jul 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 58 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.