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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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°0°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 092317
TORTUL
OKC107-100000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
615 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BEARDEN. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BEARDEN AND OKEMAH
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS A LARGE STORM THAT MAY ALSO
PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS QUARTERS AND 60 MPH WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY.
 
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, 7:06 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, 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, 6:55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.