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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 26, 1995Cherokee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 26, 7:16 PM CDTTornado F0Tahlequah, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes34 min
Oct 26, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware41 min
Oct 26, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee53 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.