Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1995, 5:57 AM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1995, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 291057 SVRTUL OKC001-021-291145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 557 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 557 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY 6 MILES SOUTH OF TAHLEQUAH...MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. KEYS...AND STILWELL ARE 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. F
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 29, 5:10 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 5:10 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 505 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 WITH UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF NE OK...AND RAIN SHIELD EXTENDING WELL N INTO SW KS...WL ISSUE FFA THROUGH NOON OVR PARTS OF NE OK. .TUL...FFA UNTIL NOON OK ZNS 54>64/67>69. HODGES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
300 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
232 AM HOMINY f OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/29/95 OSAGE
255 AM AVANT OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/29/95 OSAGELocal storm report, Apr 29, 4:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
404 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
340 AM 2 MI E OF CLAREMORE OK 60 MPH WINDS
04/29/95 ROGERSLocal storm report, Apr 29, 4:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
445 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 AM 3 MI N OF LOCUST GROVE OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/29/95 MAYESSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 5:28 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-301200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IN ITS WAKE. SO EVEN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING DURING THE MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALSO DURING THE MORNING AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FEED INTO THE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTH. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MIDDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT AND FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON. CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FRONT MAY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP THEY COULD POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER AND COULD LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA BUT THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY SHOULD HELP STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS MORNING. THOSE SOUTH OF A FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER LINE SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN UPDATED OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:44 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-301200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. THERE IS A ANOTHER SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE FORT SMITH AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS COMPLEX WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IN ITS WAKE. SO EVEN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING DURING THE MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALSO DURING THE MORNING AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FEED INTO THE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTH. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY ALSO BE SEVERE WITH STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MIDDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH TEXAS DURING THE DAY WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS FRONT AND FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON. CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FRONT MAY BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. IF THESE STORMS DEVELOP THEY COULD POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER AND COULD LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA BUT THIS MORNINGS ACTIVITY SHOULD HELP STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS MORNING. THOSE SOUTH OF A FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER LINE SHOULD& ALSO BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN UPDATED OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 7:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.