Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1995, 9:43 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1995, 9:43 AM CDT (14:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County LeFlore County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 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 291444 SVRTUL OKC079-291530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 943 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY AT 942 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF WISTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. MUSE 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.
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, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 5:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 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, 4:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 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, 4 hours 15 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, 3 hours 59 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.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 6:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 AM STILWELL OK WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
04/29/95 ADAIRSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 9:01 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
OKZ054-055-056-057-058-059-060-061-062-063-064-066-067-068-069- 070-072-291430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 901 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 266 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 855 AM CDT A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF THE AREA.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:26 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
925 AM CDT SAT APR 29 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
115 AM 10 MI E OF FORAKER : OK WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH
04/29/95 OSAGEThe 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, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 48 min |
| 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 |
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.