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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 22, 1995Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 12:16 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Pittsburg County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-04-22Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
579 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 221716
SVRTUL
OKC121-221815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1216 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
AT 1215PM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF ASHLAND.
IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN ASHLAND...HAYWOOD...ARPELAR...
SCIPIO AND MCALESTER SHOULD GO TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 T@HIS 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 22, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 AM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

SCT RW/TRW FORMING OVR CNTRL OK ATTM...JUST N OF STG H85 FNT ALG RED
RVR AND ALG NOSE OF JET MAX POKING INTO SE OK EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR
LOOP.  WL ADJUST POPS TO BETTER FIT CURRENT TRENDS...WITH LIKELY POPS
OVR N AND HIGH CHC POPS FOR S.  MESONET TEMPS SHOWS M/U 40S OVR NE
OK/NW AR...SO WL DROP AFTN TEMPS A LTL DUE TO STIFF NE WNDS AND CLD
CVR.  TEMPS OVR SRN SECTIONS WL BE TRICKY AS CLD CVR REMAINS SCT ATTM.

12Z ETA SHOWS BULLSEYE OF H7 VVEL OVR CNTRL OK BY 00Z THEN MVG ACRS
NW AR 06-12Z.  GD OVERRUNNING EVENT FOR TONIGHT AS H85 DWPTS ARND
+12 TO +15 C OVERRIDE COOL DOME OF AIR OVR FA.  ALTHO FFG VALUES ARE
LOW OVR SERN ZNS...FEEL HEAVIEST PCPN WL REMAIN SE OF FA CLOSER TO
SFC FNT/DIFFLUENT THICKNESS REGION.  HOWEVER...WL RE-EVALUATE SITN
ONCE GRIDDED DATA ARRIVES.

.TUL...NONE.

HODGES

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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.