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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 1995Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 9:52 PM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 1995, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 140253
TORTUL
ARC007-143-140345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
952 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 952 PM RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR TONTITOWN TO THE
WEST OF SPRINGDALE. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN AND NEAR SPRINGDALE SHOULD GO THEIR STROM SHELTERS
IMMEDIATELY!!!
 
 
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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	48 min
May 13, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	53 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.