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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 448, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 10, 1995Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1995, 7:13 PM CST for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1995, 7:13 PM CST (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 110113 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC087-110145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
713 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 712 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES
WEST OF KINGSTON TO ST. PAUL. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR. PETTIGREW AND KINGSTON ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
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 Nov 10, 6:53 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 6:53 PM CST, 20 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
650 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995

HV RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS
FAR NRN OK...MAINLY N OF THE TULSA AREA.  HAD REPORT OF A FEW
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN THE BVO AREA...SO WENT AHD AND ISSUED WINTER WX
ADVSY FOR FAR NRN ZNS.  BACK EDGE OF OF PCPN AREA ALG A END-OKC
LN...SO MOST PCPN SHOULD BE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT.

HODGES

.TUL...
.OPK...WINTER WEATHER ADVSY THIS EVE AND TNGT ZNS54>59
      WND ADVSY THIS EVE ZNS54>57/59>61/64>66
      CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THIS EVE ZNS 58/62/63/67>76.
.AR...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES THIS EVE ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 6:42 PM CST, 31 minutes before
OKZ062-063-067-068-069-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-ARZ001-002-010-
011-019-029-110115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1057 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN OKLAHOMA...

ADAIR...CHEROKEE...DELAWARE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH
...WAGONER...HASKELL AND PITTSBURG.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1057 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BENTON COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THE POWERFUL COLD FRONT THAT TRIGGERED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS
REACHED A EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE AND PITTSBURG LINE AND THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED BEHIND THE FRONT...IN
FACT WINTERY WEATHER WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
TORNADO WATCH 1057 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CARROLL...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...MADISON AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES IN
ARKANSAS AND FOR LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA.  STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED INTO HASKELL COUNTY OKLAHOMA
AND MAY DEVELOP INTO LATIMER  AND LE FLORE COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 6:43 PM CST, 30 minutes before
OKZ062-063-067-068-069-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-ARZ001-002-010-
011-019-029-110115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1057 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN OKLAHOMA...

ADAIR...CHEROKEE...DELAWARE...MAYES...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH
...WAGONER...HASKELL AND PITTSBURG.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 1057 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BENTON COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

THE POWERFUL COLD FRONT THAT TRIGGERED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS
REACHED A EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE AND PITTSBURG LINE AND THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED BEHIND THE FRONT...IN
FACT WINTERY WEATHER WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
TORNADO WATCH 1057 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CARROLL...WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...MADISON AND SEBASTIAN COUNTIES IN
ARKANSAS AND FOR LATIMER AND LE FLORE COUNTIES IN OKLAHOMA.  STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND
SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED INTO HASKELL COUNTY OKLAHOMA
AND MAY DEVELOP INTO LATIMER  AND LE FLORE COUNTIES.

PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION
TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 6:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford28 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.