Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1995, 4:54 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 1995, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1995, 5:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 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 302154 SVRTUL ARC087-302245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 454 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY AT 453 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF ST. PAUL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ST. PAUL AND PETTIGREW ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS 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 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 345 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995 WRMFNT CONTS TO APRCH FCST AREA. SHUD BE NR RED RVR BY 00Z. STG S/W SEEN ON WTR VPR LOOP HEADING TWRD FCST AREA. MDL GRID DATA SHOW STG UPR JET AXIS FROM CO TO CTRL OK...WITH MUCH OF FCST AREA IN LFQ WHERE MDLS INDCT STG UPR DVRGNCE. MDLS SHOW IDEAL SETUP FOR WDSPRD CNVCTN ALNG/N OF WRMFNT ORGANIZING INTO COMPLEX LATE TNGT...MUCH LIKE FRI NGT. TSTMS ALRDY FIRING RAPIDLY ACRS ECTRL OK SEEN ON 88D. STGLY DIFFLUENT THCKNSS PTRN...DVLPG LLJ CROSSING WRMFNT...AND STG DYNAMIC/ISNTRPC LIFT N OF WRMFNT SUGGEST BACKBLDG CNVCTN ALNG/N OF WRMFNT...LEADG TO FF THREAT. DONT KNOW HOW FAR NORTH HVY RNFL WL BE...BUT WITH FFG LOW ACRS ENTIRE AREA AND MDLS SHOWG POTNTL FOR SGNFNCNT RNFL EVEN ACRS NRN ZNS...WILL ISSUE FF WATCH FOR ALL ZNS FOR TNGT. EVNG SHFT CAN REFINE IF THREAT DCRS FOR SOME ZNS. WL GO NR 100 POPS RW/TRW FOR TNGT...AND MENT PSBLTY OF HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...AND HVY RN. SVR WX PSBL EARLY...WITH THREAT EVOLVING INTO MORE OF A HVY RNFL/FLD THREAT BY LATE TNGT. TEMPS TNGT SHUD REMAIN AOA XPCTD EVNG SFC DWPT VALUES. S/W AXIS MOVES ACRS AREA TMRW MRNG...ENDG PCPN. WL GO WITH 30 POPS...40 POPS NW AR...FOR MRNG SHWRS...OTHRWS WL KEEP MSTLY CLDY AS STG 850 MB LOW DVLPS AND MDLS SUGGEST CLDNSS WRAPPING ARND LOW. HI TMPS MAY BE SLGTLY BLO MOS DUE TO CLDNSS. WL GO WITH DCRSG CLDNSS MON NGT. HI PRES MOVES OVR AREA...AND H8 TMPS ARE QUITE LOW. WENT WITH TEMPS A LTL BLO MOS FOR LOWS. FOR TUE...MAY GET SOME MRNG SUN...BUT MID/HI CLDS SHUD INCRS IN AFTN IN ADVANCE OF NXT SYS. PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 53/62 42/66 +30- MLC 59/64 44/68 +30- FYV 52/61 41/65 +400 FSM 56/65 45/68 +300 BVO 52/62 39/65 930- IDB 60/70 48/69 +300 PW .TUL...FFA TNGT OK ZNS 54>79 AND AR ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 1:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-011200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM EARLY THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR DALLAS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TO A DEVLOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE WARM FRONT WAS LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOPING LOW...AND WILL BE NEAR THE RED RIVER BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE SPREADING INTO THE MODERATE RISK AREA WITH THE NORTHWARD ADVANCE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON OFF TO THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AND WILL THEN TRACK TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AFFECTING EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS IF THEY FALL ON AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AbND EARLY SATURDAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Apr 30, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
238 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
250 AM RAMONA OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/29/95 WASHINGTON
330 AM SPERRY OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/29/95 TULSALocal storm report, Apr 30, 4:26 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM I-40 SOUTH OF HITCHITA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 MCINTOSH
338 PM QUINTON OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 PITTSBURG
340 PM 3 SW WEBBERS FALLS OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 MUSKOGEE
345 PM 3 S STIGLER vOK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 HASKELL
350 PM ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 LATIMER
355 PM JUST NORTH OF WILBURTON OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 LATIMERLocal storm report, Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
430 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
405 PM RED OAK OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 LATIMER
405 PM VIAN OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 SEQUOYAH
415 PM SPIRO OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 LE FLORE
420 PM LE FLORE OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 LE FLORELocal storm report, Apr 30, 4:43 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
442 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
430 PM VAN BUREN AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 CRAWFORD
435 PM FORT SMITH AR 0.88 INCH HAIL
04/30/95 SEBASTIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
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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.