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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 8:00 AM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Tulsa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
601 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 091302
TORTUL
OKC143-091345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY
 
AT 800 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAND SPRINGS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH. SAND SPRINGS...SPERRY AND OWASSO ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF TULSA WHICH WILL BE SOUTH OF THE PATH
OF THE 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 POSSIBLE.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.
 
WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPING STORMS.  LARGE HAILSTONES AND UNUSUALLY
LOW SWIRLING CLOUDS ARE MANY TIMES SEEN NEAR DEVELOPING TORNADOES.
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OFTEN PRODUCE A LOUD ROARING
SOUND THAT CAN BE HEARD IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
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, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware28 min
Jun 8, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington48 min
Jun 8, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa54 min
Jun 8, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee2 hr
Jun 8, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig43 min
Jun 9, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek43 min
Jun 9, 7:25 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek4 hr
Jun 9, 9:38 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa52 min
Jun 9, 10:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Tulsa4 hr
Jun 9, 11:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington4 hr
Jun 9, 12:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa4 hr
Jun 9, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes49 min
Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek2 hr
Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware44 min
Jun 9, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee51 min
Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair66 min
Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair48 min
Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee54 min
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee45 min
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee65 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.