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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 7:22 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1995, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Gentry, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 140023 RRA TORTUL ARC007-140115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 722 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY AT 722 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ALONG THE OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS BORDER ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF MAYSVILLE. THE STORM IS TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. MAYSVILLE... GRAVETTE...AND SULPHER SPRINGS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 47 min |
| May 13, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 46 min |
| May 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| May 13, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 51 min |
| May 13, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 46 min |
| May 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 13, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 53 min |
| May 13, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 46 min |
| May 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 49 min |
| May 13, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 13, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| May 13, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 52 min |
| May 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 45 min |
| May 14, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.