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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 15, 1995Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 3:12 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 489 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 150813
TORTUL
ARC007-150830-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
312 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

THERE IS NO TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR BENTON COUNTY. AN OLD WARNING
SOMEHOW JUST GOT TRANSMITTED.

REPEATING THERE IS NO TORNADO WARNING FOR BENTON COUNTY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison16 min
May 15, 5:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian44 min
May 15, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford49 min

Nearby

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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.