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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1995Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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: Jun 8, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Nr Brentwood, 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 (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 090020 COR
TORTUL
ARC143-090045-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING                  ...CORRECTED FOR TIME...608PM TO 708 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
712 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

   ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY

AT 708 PM...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WEST FORK...MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THIS IS NEAR THE TOWN OF
BRENTWOOD.

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
Jun 8, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Madison	47 min
Jun 8, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	29 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.