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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 16, 1995Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1995-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 170031
SVRTUL
OKC113-170115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
730 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHEAST OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF CLEVELAND.
DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CLEVELAND AT 729 PM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL TRACK ACROSS KEY STONE LAKE AND
SURROUNDING AREAS.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 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.
 
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 Apr 16, 3:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 3:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
340 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISCUSSION WITH SEVERE WEATHER MOVING INTO THE NW
PART OF THE FCST AREA. LIKED THE ETA MODEL THE BEST WITH THE MORE SRN
TRACK OF THE SFC LOW AND IT MAY EVEN GO FURTHER SOUTH THAN THE ETA
INITIALLY. POSITION BY 48 HOURS IS PROBABLY CLOSE THOUGH. WEAK SFC LOW
NEAR EMP AT 20Z WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND ALLOW THE
COLD FRONT TO DROP DOWN INTO NE OK OVERNIGHT. PROBLEM IS IN DETERMINING
HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT WILL GO BEFORE STALLING EARLY MONDAY. BEST
GUESS NOW IS NEAR TULSA. WILL GO LIKELY POPS IN NE OK TONIGHT AND TAPER
DOWN TO JUST 20% IN EXTREME SE OK.

FRONT WILL MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT MONDAY AS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES
OUT OF THE ROCKIES IN THE WRN PLAINS. DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL OK
BY AFTERNOON AND PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MERGE WITH THE DRYLINE MONDAY
NIGHT AND SWEEP ACROSS ALL OF ERN OK BY EARLY TUESDAY. GUIDANCE POPS
TOO LOW AS WIDESPREAD TSTMS EXPECTED IN THE VERY JUICY AIR EAST OF THE
DRYLINE. A SQUALL LINE IS ALSO LIKELY TO DEVELOP RIGHT ALONG THE
DRYLINE SO WILL HAVE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS MONDAY AND LIKELY POPS
MONDAY NIGHT EXCEPT IN THE FAR WRN ZONES WHERE THE DRYLINE WILL BE
CLOSE BY 00Z.

WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF EARLY MORNING SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN FAR SE
OK TUESDAY BUT OTHERWISE TUESDAY LOOKS MOSTLY SUNNY AND MILD ALBEIT A
BIT ON THE WINDY SIDE.

GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE EXCEPT SEEM MUCH TOO WARM FOR MINS
MONDAY NIGHT.

TUL 62/75/45/73  6950   FSM 64/78/48/77  3761   MLC 67/78/46/76  3850
BVO 58/73/42/72  6940   FYV 62/77/44/72  586-   IDB 65/78/50/79  2662
BYV 61/77/45/72  4861

.TUL...NONE.

PLATE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:30 PM CDT, 5 hours before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-171200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
230 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

...UPDATE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RISK AREA IS
WEST OF A LINE FROM SOUTH COFFEYVILLE IN NOWATA COUNTY TO MILFAY IN
CREEK COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT  FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE...
WASHINGTON...NOWATA AND CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM.

A WEAKENING CAP AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE MID LEVELS COMBINED
WITH A FRONT STRETCHING FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA TO SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS HAS RESULTED IN THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERAL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
SEVERE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND MAY AFFECT PARTS OF
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AREAS TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF TULSA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES.

CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE TORNADO
WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ACTIVATING NOW.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDEdRSTORMS TONIGHT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS NORTH OF
A LINE FROM BRISTOW TO TAHLEQUAH TO FAYETTEVILLE.
Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 PM CDT SUN APR 16 1995

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

0428 PM    3 MI SOUTH HWYS 99 & 10   OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
04/16/95   OSAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers3 hr
Apr 16, 8:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa3 hr
Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa40 min
Apr 16, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee3 hr
Apr 16, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.