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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 19, 1995Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 10:36 PM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
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 200336
SVRTUL
ARC033-131-200415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1036 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY
 
AT 1035 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT SMITH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR. FORT SMITH AND VAN BUREN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 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.
 
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 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 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 52 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, 1 hour 16 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, 1 hour 12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton54 min
Apr 19, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington43 min
Apr 19, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton53 min
Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll35 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.