Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1995, 3:26 PM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 1995, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sebastian County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 022026 RRA SVRTUL ARC131-022115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 326 PM CDT MON OCT 2 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS ...EASTERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY AT 320 PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANSFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DAYTON...HUNINGTON AND MILTOWN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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 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 LATEfST 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 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 10:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 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, 4 hours 11 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, 4 hours 5 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 55 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 KEOTALocal storm report, Oct 2, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 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 KEOTASpecial weather statement, Oct 2, 3:08 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
ARZ002-022045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 309 PM CDT MON OCT 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARROLL COUNTY ARKANSAS... AT 255 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY NEAR OSAGE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AS IT MOVES EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CAR:ROLL COUNTY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 2, 3:09 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
ARZ002-022045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 309 PM CDT MON OCT 2 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CARROLL COUNTY ARKANSAS... AT 255 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST CARROLL COUNTY NEAR OSAGE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AS IT MOVES EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CARROLL COUNTY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 54 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.