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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 428, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 26, 1995Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 1995, 8:35 PM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 1995, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1203 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
1203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 270136 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC015-270215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
835 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 835 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BEAVER LAKE...4 MILES WEST OF
EUREKA SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD EUREKA
SPRINGS. AT 813 PM THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN ROGERS.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
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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, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 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, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
Oct 26, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington47 min
Oct 26, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford54 min
Oct 26, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton50 min
Oct 26, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison40 min
Oct 26, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison, Washington61 min
Oct 26, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford42 min
Oct 27, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford48 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.