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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 6, 1995Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Wagoner County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 1995-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1172 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 1995-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 062017 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC145-062100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
315 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WAGONER COUNTY
 
AT 313 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM NEAR CATOOSA TO NEAR CLAREMORE.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF NEODESHA AND
ONETA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 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 ROAD.
 
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 Aug 6, 2:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:56 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
255 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995

AM ASSISTING SHORT TERM FCSTR AT WARNING DESK SO WL KEEP BRIEF. WL
KEEP SMALL CHC POPS IN FOR ERLY TONIGHT ACROSS E AND S ZNS. GRIDDED
DATA SHOWING GUD H8 THTE ADVT AND UPR DIV INTO SO MO THIS EVENING
SO WL KEEP POPS GOING INTO NIGHT ACROSS SMALL PART OF NW AR.

MDLS PROG CNTR OF UPR HIGH TO ARCH FA SO MID LVL WARMING SHUD BEGIN
ACROSS AREA ON MON. ALTHO CANNOT RULE OUT ISTLD STRMS IN FAR S AND
E ZNS ON MON...FEEL CHCS ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION. FWC MAXES APR A
LTL TOO WARM FOR MON AND TUE.

TUL 074/095 077/096 077 1---
FSM 073/094 074/096 074 21--
MLC 075/096 075/097 077 1---
BVO 072/096 074/096 xxx 1---
FYV 071/094 072/096 xxx 21--
IDB 072/096 073/096 xxx 21--
BYV 068/093 070/094 xxx 31--

...10...

.TUL...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers42 min
Aug 6, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Wagoner30 min
Aug 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes28 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.