Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Tahlequah, OK |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 262331 RRA SVRTUL OKC021-145-270015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 630 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTY AT 630 PM A DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OKAY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OKAY IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... BSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 345 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995 WATOR VAPOR SHOWS A SHORTWAVE SCREAMING SOUTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL KANSAS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CLIP NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ROUND THE BEND WITH ITS SOUTHERN PORTION IN ARKANSAS AT 12Z FRIDAY. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION AND POSSIBLY BRING SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE SOUTHEAST OF A JLN-MLC LINE WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE MORE MOISTURE DUE TO THE PRESENSE OF SC. THE AIR MASS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD DRY OUT LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THUS...THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SUN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ALSO APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF WIND ON FRIDAY. BOUNDARY WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 KT ZONE AND 8H WINDS ARE 30 TO 45 KTS. THIS COMBINED WITH LARGE DOWNWARD MOTION AND SUNSHINE SHOULD MAKE IT QUITE BREEZY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE FWC NUMBERS DO NOT LOOK TOO BAD AND I JUST SKEWED THEM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FOR MY PREFERENCES. TUL 048/063 043/060 038 2000 FSM 051/067 040/064 035 4000 MLC 050/067 042/064 035 3000 BVO 045/063 041/060 XXX 2000 FYV 047/060 038/057 XXX 3000 IDB 055/070 043/067 XXX 4000 BYV 045/058 035/055 XXX 3000 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. ABBAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.