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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 1995Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1995, 12:06 PM CDT for Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 1995, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1995, 12:20 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Delaware County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 261707
TORTUL
OKC041-261745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1206 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY
 
AT 1205 PM...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLCORD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. COLCORD IS IN 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 POSSIBLEF.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 26, 10:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 10:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1005 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995

FFA WL BE ISSUED FOR MAINLY NRN AND WRN ZNS THRU TONITE SINCE
ACTIVITY MOVG SLOR THAN XPCTD AND IS REDEVELOPING FROM THE
WEST.  DOPPLER SHOS RAIN ALREADY EXCEEDING 2 INCHES IN CREEK
COUNTY.  AS ANOTHER STRONG IMPULSE MOVS IN TONITE...BLV AN
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

TEMPS FROM PREV FCST LUK GUD AS DO WNDS.  UNCERTAIN ON WHETHER
SHTWV WL AFFECT SERN ZNS BUT BLV THAT IF SKIES BECOME PC THEN THE
RELATIVELY WK CAP AS SHOWN ON MORNING SOUNDINGS WL BE BROKEN.  THUS
WL GO WITH 40-60 POPS AREA-WIDE.

.TUL...FFA FOR EOK ZONES 54>67 AND 70/71 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

/21

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 10:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OKZ067-068-070-261630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1021 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 1995

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MUSKOGEE AND WAGONER COUNTIES...

AT 1020 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL MUSKOGEE AND WAGONER COUNTIES.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE MINOR STREET FLOODING.

PERSONS IN EASTERN MUSKOGEE AND WAGONER COUNTIES AND WESTERN CHEROKEE
COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
FLOODED ROADWAYS SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 1:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek14 hr
May 26, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah45 min
May 26, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell51 min
May 26, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah64 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.