Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
- 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
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 WINDSSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 11:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 8:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 9:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 65 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.