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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 6, 1995Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT for Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1995, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1172 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 062034
TORTUL
OKC131-145-062100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY...NORTHERN WAGONER COUNTY
 
AT 328 PM...NATIONAL WRATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INOLA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH. THE COMMUNITIY OF NEODESHA IS IN THE PATH OF THE DEVELOPING
TORNADO. PEOPLE IN INOLA AND NEODESHA SHOULD 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 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
Aug 6, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers42 min
Aug 6, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner45 min
Aug 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes28 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.