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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 24, 1995Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1995, 4:43 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1995, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Craig County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 242145
SVRTUL
OKC035-242230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
443 PM CDT MON APR 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY
 
AT 441 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTO
MILES 5 MILES NORTH OF WHITE OAK. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR. THE CITY OF VINITA IS 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.
 
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 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
335 PM CDT MON APR 24 1995

INX 88D SHOWS AREA OF HIGH BASED RWS AND FEW TRW WITH MUCH OF THE
ACTIVITY CONCENTRATED OVR N CENT OK NEAR WK MCON AXIS. WL CONT
MENTION OF SHOWERS AND TRW ACROSS MOST OF FA AS S/W MOVES THIS
EVENING. ATM PLAN ON KEEP R CHS AT 20 PCT OR LESS. SUBSIDENCE AND
LOSS OF HTG SHUD ALLOW FOR ACTIVITY TO DISSIPATE AFT SUNSET WITH
SKIES CLRNG. TEMPS WL BE COOL AGAIN TONIGHT AS WINDS LIGHT WINDS
SHUD PREVAIL. FWC MINS LOOK GUD.

MDLS ARE CONSISTENT WITH BRINGING NXT SYS FROM THE PAC NW INTO
CENT ROCKIES ON TUE AND INTO CENT PLAINS ON WED, WX ON TUE SHUD BE
QUIET ALTHO GRAD SHUD BEGIN TO TIGHTEN ACROSS NW PART OF FA DURING
THE AFTN. LOW FLOW CONTS TO INCREASE INTO WED MORNING AS BOTH
ETA/NGM PROG 40-50 KNTS H8 FLOW ACROSS AREA WED MRNG. STRONG WAA
SHUD CONTRIBUTE TO GUD QVEC CONVERGENCE ACROSS NE OK BY 12Z WED SO
WL MENTION SLGT CHC POPS. LOW LVL MOISTURE NOT THAT ABUNDANT BUT
WITH SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH OF UPR SYS...WL GO WITH 40-50 POPS ON
WED.

...10...

TUL 043/075 056/068 044 1025
FSM 041/076 051/076 045 2014
MLC 041/076 056/074 045 2024
BVO 039/073 051/069 XXX -025
FYV 039/073 051/069 XXX 2015
IDB 042/077 050/076 XXX 1014

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 1:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-251200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT MON APR 24 1995

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA OR
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WAS MOVING EAST FROM
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE COLD FRONT AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
APPROACHES.

COLD AIR IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MAY LEAD TO
ONE OR TWO STRONG STORMS THAT PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. THE LACK OF
SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL KEEP ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.  ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL DISSIPxATE BY 900
PM AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa41 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.