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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 26, 1995Rogers County, Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
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

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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.
 
 
 
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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 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.

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, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore67 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, 8:53 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

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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.