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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 435, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 26, 1995Crawford County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 1995, 11:33 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 1995, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 270435 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC033-270515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1133 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 1132 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CHESTER TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATURAL DAM. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
CHESTER...MOUNTAINBURG AND NATURAL DAM ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIME AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
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 Oct 26, 9:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

VERY BUSY NIGHT.  CDFNT MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS
DEVELOPED A SHORT LINE OF TSTMS WITH IT...BEHIND THE ORIGINAL
SEVERE CELLS.  EXPECT THIS LINE/CDFNT TO BE THE END OF THE
PCPN...AND ADJUSTED THE ZONES TO INDICATE THAT.  THERE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF RW/TRW SOUTH OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
HAVE LEFT SOME POPS IN FOR THAT REASON.  ALL ELSE UNCHANGED.

/02

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
OKZ057-058-270300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
947 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1021 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR OTTAWA AND CRAIG
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

THE COLD FRONT THAT HAS HELPED TO TRIGGER STORMS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT
IS NOW THROUGH OTTAWA AND CRAIG COUNTIES AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THERE HAS ENDED.
Local storm report, Oct 26, 10:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1005 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

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

835 PM      BENTONVILLE            AR      4.00 INCH HAIL
10/26/95    BENTON

925 PM      ST PAUL                AR      0.88 INCH HAIL
10/26/95    MADISON

800 PM      9 W STILWELL           OK      WIND DAMAGE
10/26/95    ADAIR                          2 ROOFS BLOWN OFF
                                           HOMES IN THE ROCKY
                                           POINT AREA AND
                                           SEVERAL TREES AND
                                           POWER LINES DOWN.
                                           POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Local storm report, Oct 26, 10:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1005 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

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

835 PM      BENTONVILLE            AR      4.00 INCH HAIL
10/26/95    BENTON

925 PM      ST PAUL                AR      0.88 INCH HAIL
10/26/95    MADISON

800 PM      9 W STILWELL           OK      WIND DAMAGE
10/26/95    ADAIR                          2 ROOFS BLOWN OFF
                                           HOMES IN THE ROCKY
                                           POINT AREA AND
                                           SEVERAL TREES AND
                                           POWER LINES DOWN.
                                           POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll40 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 27, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.