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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1995Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1995, 11:34 PM CDT for Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1995, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 11:40 PM CDTTornado F0Nowata, OK

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 631 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 100435
TORTUL
OKC105-147-100500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1134 PM CDT FRI JUN 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY...CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1135 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 4
MILES NORTHEAST OF OCHELATA...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
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 POSSI@BLE.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee35 min
Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee27 min
Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Sequoyah40 min
Jun 9, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee27 min
Jun 9, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Jun 9, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington47 min
Jun 9, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata48 min
Jun 9, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Washington3 hr
Jun 9, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig54 min
Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington49 min
Jun 9, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers41 min
Jun 9, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa52 min
Jun 9, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers34 min
Jun 10, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata29 min
Jun 10, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig48 min
Jun 10, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers31 min
Jun 10, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Ottawa2 hr
Jun 10, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes38 min
Jun 10, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig26 min
Jun 10, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware42 min
Jun 10, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Ottawa3 hr
Jun 10, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata39 min
Jun 10, 5:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa3 hr
Jun 10, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.