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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 9:38 AM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 091439
TORTUL
OKC037-143-091530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
938 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN CREEK COUNTY...SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY
 
AT 9 35 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KELLYVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SAPULPA AND SOUTH TULSA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM SHOULD
BE OVER SAPULPA BY 9 45 AM.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA...TAKE COVER NOW!
 
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 BUILDINGJ OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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 Jun 9, 4:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

COMPLEX MVG ACRS FA ATTM W/PRECIP STILL DVLPG OUT W. LOOKS LIKE
WET PD SHLD CONT THRU SHORT RANGE FCST. THE DETAILS OF THE FCST
ARE VERY UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. BUT BELIEVE THAT CRNT COMPLEX
SHLD DIMINISH AS THE MRNG WEARS ON. WL MENTION SCT RW/TRW IN ZNS.
GOOD SLY FLOW SHLD HELP ATMOS RECOVER DURG THE AFTN. BELIEVE
SKIES SHLD BCM PTLY CLDY SO SOME HEATING SHLD HELP IN THAT
REGARD. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS GOOD S/W ROUNDING BASE OF TROF AND
HEADED INTO SRN NM. THIS SHLD ROTATE NNE W OF FA AND FIRE MORE
TRW. BDRYS SHLD REMAIN ACRS FA FM CRNT ACTVTY BUT FORCING DOES
NOT LOOK TOO IMPRESSIVE HERE. SO THINK TRW WOULD HAVE TO MV INTO
ZNS FM W INITIALLY. THINKING IS THAT BEST CHC OF AFTN TRW WL BE
IN NW ZNS W/POPS LISTED BLO REFLECTING THAT. WL MAKE APPROPRIATE
UPWARD ADJS BEFORE SENDING OUT ZFP AND CCF FOR ONGOING RW/TRW.

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER COMPLEX SHLD ORGANIZE TNGT AND MV ACRS FA
AGAIN. ETA SHOWS GOOD FORCING ARND H7 AND ALSO H3 DIV AS NRN PART
OF FA IS IN RR QUAD OF UPR JET. NOT REAL CONFIDENT ABT HOW FAR S
RW/TRW WL XTND BUT MAY BUMP UP POPS AT MLC AT LAST MIN. SEEMS
THAT MAIN THREAT FOR HVY RAIN WL BE TNGT W/UPR DIV AND H85 THETA-
E AXIS LYING ACRS AREA. W/BREAK IN PRECIP XPCTD DURG THE DAY WL
LET CRNT FFA EXPIRE AND MENTION POTENTIAL FOR HVY PRECIP TNGT.
DAY SHIFT WL HV TO MONITOR CLOSELY AS MANY PARTS OF NE OK HV
RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL IN OR MORE JUST SINCE 00Z. HOPEFULLY THE
THREAT AREA WL BCM MORE WELL DEFINED AS THE DAY GOES ON AS WELL.

WL KEEP POPS FAIRLY HI INTO SAT. SCT RW/TRW SHLD STILL BE ONGOING
FM OVRNGT CNVCTN. ALSO FNT APRCHS FA DURG THE DAY. MDLS NOT REAL
CLEAR ON WHERE FNT IS. ETA SEEMS TO SHOWS PRES TROF MVG THRU MANY
OF THE ZNS BUT BNDRY LYR WNDS REMAIN S THRU 48 HRS. FLOW IS
WEAKER AND FORCING DOES NOT LOOK THAT GREAT BUT UPR DIV STILL
REMAINS ACRS FA IN ADDITION TO SOME LO LVL CONV NR APRCHG FNT.

AS FAR AS TEMPS WENT NR PERSISTENCE FOR TDY. STAYED CLOSER TO THE
COOLER FAN NMBRS FOR TNGT DUE TO XPCTD PRECIP. BY SAT MAINLY
SPLIT THE DIFF BTWN FAN AND FWC.

WL STILL CARRY CHC POPS INTO SAT NGT AS AVN SHOWS UVM ACRS FA 00Z
SUN BUT THEN SAGGING SWD BY 12Z SUN. SO PRECIP SHLD BE COMING TO
AN END BY THEN. WL KEEP SUN DRY W/SKIES BCMG PTLY CLDY. BUT DRY
WX SHLD PREVAIL THRU REST OF XTNDED PDS AS LARGE UPR RDG BEGINS
TO BUILD ACRS MUCH OF WRN 2/3DS OF THE US.
,
PRELIM NMBRS
TUL 83/67/81 355    FSM 90/69/86 224
MLC 90/69/83 234    BVO 84/64/82 455
FYV 86/68/81 245    IDB 91/71/89 113
BYV 87/66/81 245

07

.TUL...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
423 AM CDT FRI JUN 09 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....      ST   EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

450 PM         3 NORTH OF NEW ALLUWE    OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/08/95       NOWATA CO

725 PM         2 EAST OF BRENTWOOD      AR   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/08/95       WASHINGTON CO

720 PM         DEVILS DEN TO BRENTWOOD  AR   WIND DAMAGE
06/08/95       WASHINGTON CO                 TREES DOWN...WINDS
                                             ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH

800 PM         4 NORTH OF ST. PAUL      AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/08/95       MADISON CO

1146 PM        OWASSO                   OK   0.75 INCH HAIL AND 60 TO
06/08/95       TULSA CO                      65 MPH WINDS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
OKZ065-066-068-069-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-091115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA OVER THE PAST FEW HOUR ENDING
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING.  AS A RESULT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
OKZ065-066-068-069-070-071-072-073-074-075-076-091115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA OVER THE PAST FEW HOUR ENDING
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING.  AS A RESULT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 59R1 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-101200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE
RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS
LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH
EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AT
6 AM. THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY AND
BY MID AFTERNOON THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN KANSAS
OR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A DRYLINE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY
BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG BOTH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THE DRYLINE WITH
THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE SOON AFTER THEY FORM.

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM THIS AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO ORGANIZE INTO A
LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS THIS EVENING AND TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ENHANCES THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE IN ITS
VICINITY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-101200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE
RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SMITH TO MCALESTER.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS
LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT HAVE LEFT A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH
EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AT
6 AM. THE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AND DEWPOINTS
IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY TODAY AND
BY MID AFTERNOON THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN SOUTHERN KANSAS
OR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A DRYLINE IN THE EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY
BY MID AFTERNOON ALONG BOTH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THE DRYLINE WITH
THE STORMS BECOMING SEVERE SOON AFTER THEY FORM.

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORM THIS AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO ORGANIZE INTO A
LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS THIS EVENING AND TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY REMAINS
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND ENHANCES THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE IN ITS
VICINITY.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AN UPDATED THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.

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, 8:00 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa45 min
Jun 9, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 9, 9:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek4 hr
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

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.