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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 417, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 2, 1995Haskell County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1995, 10:33 AM CDT for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1995, 10:33 AM CDT (15:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Haskell County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 021533 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC061-021600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1033 AM CDT MON OCT 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY
 
AT 10 30 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MCCURTAIN. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD PASS JUST
SOUTHEAST OF KEOTA BY 11 AM.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
KEEP TUNED TO TH8IS 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 Oct 2, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 10:32 AM CDT, 1 minute before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 AM CDT MON OCT 2 1995

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INITIATED BY A SHORTWAVE SEEN IN WATOR VAPOR
IMAGERY MOVING FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WEST TEXAS. THE MODELS
INCLUDING THE NEW ETA DO NOT BRING THIS SHORTWAVE THROUGH TIL
TONIGHT SO SUSPECT MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THUS...WORDED FORECAST FOR RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON FOR ALL AFTERNOON INSTEAD OF JUST EARLY AFTERNOON FOR THE
CURRENT ROUND OF STORMS.  THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT
AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST AND COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST ACR0OSS
THE AREA AND BRINGS DRIER IN DRIER AIR.

HAVE A FEELING THIS AFTERNOONS HIGHS ARE TOO WARM...BUT WILL KEEP
THEM SINCE THE SUN COULD BREAK OUT FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

.TUL...NONE.

ABBAS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 8:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
OKZ071-021415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
841 AM CDT MON OCT 2 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO MCINTOSH COUNTY...

AT 835 AM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST
MCINTOSH COUNTY.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS VERNON...HANNAH...AND
RAIFORD BY 9 AM.  IT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg54 min
Oct 2, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah49 min
Oct 2, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore30 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.