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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 1995Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1995, 10:14 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 46 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, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 10:57 PM CDTTornado F0Huntsville, 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, 3.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2575 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 140315
TORTUL
ARC087-140400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1014 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 1013 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SPRING VALLEY. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWN OF HINDSVILLE IS IN
THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO.
 
PERSONS IN HINDSVILLE SHOULD GO THEIR STORM SHELTERS NOW!!!
 
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN SPRING VALLEY AT 1011 PM.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
May 13, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton53 min
May 13, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton47 min
May 13, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton46 min
May 13, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton3 hr
May 13, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll, Madison51 min
May 13, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington46 min
May 13, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton48 min
May 13, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington53 min
May 13, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison, Washington49 min
May 13, 11:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMadison, Washington3 hr
May 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington45 min
May 13, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison52 min
May 14, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington45 min
May 14, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.