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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 20, 1995Carroll County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 12:10 AM CDT for Carroll County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 1995, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Carroll County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 200510
SVRTUL
ARC015-200545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1210 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 1210 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
OSAGE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. GREEN FOREST IS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.

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, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 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, 3 hours 26 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, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 46 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.

Local storm report, Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1105 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

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

0916 PM    MCALESTER                 OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/19/95   PITTSBURG

1050 PM    FORT SMITH                AR   NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 0.75
04/19/95   SEBASTIAN                      INCH HAIL AROUND FORT SMITH
                                          AREA BETWEEN 1048 AND
1055 PM

1055 PM    VAN BUREN                 AR   0.75 IN HAIL
04/19/95   SEBASTIAN

Local storm report, Apr 19, 11:11 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1110 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995

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

0916 PM    MCALESTER                 OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/19/95   PITTSBURG

1050 PM    FORT SMITH                AR   NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 0.75
04/19/95   SEBASTIAN                      INCH HAIL AROUND FORT SMITH
                                          AREA BETWEEN 1048 AND 1055 PM

1055 PM    VAN BUREN                 AR   0.75 IN HAIL
04/19/95   CRAWFORD

...CORRECTED COUNTY IN 1055 PM REPORT...

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, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	43 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

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.