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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 18, 1995Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 1995, 12:26 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 425 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
569 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 180528
TORTUL
ARC007-180600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1226 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 1226 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO APPROACHING
MAYSVILLE IN NORTHWEST BENTON COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  SULPHUR SPRINGS IS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington40 min
Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford40 min
Apr 17, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian43 min
Apr 18, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington32 min
Apr 18, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison54 min
Apr 18, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford54 min
Apr 18, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian30 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.