Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 437, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 12:12 AM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 12:12 AM CDT (05:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 270513 RRA SVRTUL ARC033-270600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1212 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 1210 AM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF STORMS FROM 9 MILES EAST OF CHESTER TO NEAR ALAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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 RAPIDLYV 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 Oct 26, 9:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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, 2 hours 25 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, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 6 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 54 min |
| Oct 26, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 61 min |
| Oct 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.