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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 419, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 2, 1995Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1995, 2:51 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 1995, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Crawford County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 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 021950 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC033-022045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
251 PM CDT MON OCT 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 245 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN UNIONTOWN AND
CEDARVILLE. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OF
THIS STORM. THESE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
MOUNTAINBURG...CHESTER ARE IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM. OTHER STRONG
TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF FORT
SMITH AND THE VAN BUREN AREAS.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 ELECTVRICAL 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 Oct 2, 10:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 10:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes 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, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

OKZ054>076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-021715-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1115 AM CDT MON OCT 2 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HASKELL COUNTY EXPIRED AT 11
AM...

AT 11 08 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM FROM SALLISAW TO GANS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL IN KEOTA AT 10 40 AM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO
SEQUOYAH COUNTY BY 11 15 AM. THE COMMUNITY OF GANS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY
RAINS, PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR BY 11 30
AM.

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST HASKELL COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF
RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. SOME LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE AFFECTED
BY STANDING WATER THERE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION FROM MCCURTAIN TO KEOTA AS WATER MAY REMAIN
STANDING ON ROADWAYS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WAS WEST OF A BARTLESVILLE TO SILOAM SPRINGS TO FT. SMITH LINE. WHILE NO
SEVERE ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN THIS AREA, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON.

&

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 11:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

OKZ054>076-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-021715-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1115 AM CDT MON OCT 2 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HASKELL COUNTY EXPIRED AT 11
AM...

AT 11 08 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM FROM SALLISAW TO GANS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15
MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL IN KEOTA AT 10 40 AM.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO
SEQUOYAH COUNTY BY 11 15 AM. THE COMMUNITY OF GANS WILL RECEIVE HEAVY
RAINS, PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR BY 11 30
AM.

PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST HASKELL COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF
RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. SOME LOW-LYING AREAS MAY BE AFFECTED
BY STANDING WATER THERE UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION FROM MCCURTAIN TO KEOTA AS WATER MAY REMAIN
STANDING ON ROADWAYS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

OTHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WAS WEST OF A BARTLESVILLE TO SILOAM SPRINGS TO FT. SMITH LINE. WHILE NO
SEVERE ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING IN THIS AREA, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON.

&

Local storm report, Oct 2, 11:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1131 AM CDT MON OCT 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 AM    KEOTA                     OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
10/02/95   HASKELL                        DIME SIZE HAIL IN KEOTA

Local storm report, Oct 2, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1131 AM CDT MON OCT 02 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 AM    KEOTA             "        OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
10/02/95   HASKELL                        DIME SIZE HAIL IN KEOTA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	49 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.