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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 19, 1995Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 10:02 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 1995, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 200302
SVRTUL
ARC143-200345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1002 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1001 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPM. FAYETTEVILLE AND SPRINGDALE ARE IN THE
PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF TH>ESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING OR HOME.  STAY
AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.  IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME
YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ONE IS NEARBY.

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 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
845 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

STORMS BEGINNING TO BECOME WIDESPREAD OVR FA AS STG UPR SYSM APCHS.
FOR UPDAT...WL BOOST ALL POPS INTO 80-100 RANGE AND MENTION SVR
IN ALL ZNS. PROFILER WINDS INDICATE EXCELLENT SHEAR BETWEEN 1 AND 2
KM WHICH SHUD SUPPORT SOME MESOCYCLONES. LUKS LIKE A BUSY NITE.....

                                     /9
.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 19, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
841 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

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

0836 PM    2 WEST OF SILOAM SPRINGS  OK   55 MPH WIND GUST
04/19/95   DELAWARE

0840 PM    WEST SILOAM SPRINGS       OK   1.25 INCH HAIL
04/19/95   DELAWARE

Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
917 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

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

0851 PM    GENTRY                    AR   65 MPH WINDS
04/19/95   BENTON

0906 PM    4 WEST OF GENTRY          AR   MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
04/19/95   BENTON

Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:24 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
922 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

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

0840 PM    WEST SILOAM SPRINGS       OK   HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN A WALL
04/19/95   DELAWARE                       IN NEW FIRE DEPT.  NUMEROUS
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	54 min
Apr 19, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	39 min
Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	53 min
Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	35 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.