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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1995Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 7:28 PM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Madison County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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 1995-06-09Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
-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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 090030
TORTUL
ARC087-090115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM...RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF
BRENTWOOD...MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE TOWNS OF
CROSSES...DELANEY...AND SAINT PAUL ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN THE BRENTWOOD AREA AT 720 PM.  VERY LARGE HAIL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington33 min
Jun 8, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison29 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington66 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.