Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT for Cherokee 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
- Oct 26, 1995, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Tahlequah, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 270008 TORTUL OKC021-270045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 707 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY AT 707 PM RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAHLEQUAH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE AREA SOUTH OF TAHLEQUAH. IF YOU ARE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF TAHLEQUAH IN CHEROKEE COUNTY YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. 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. WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPING STORMS. LARGE HAILSTONES AND UNUSUALLY LOW SWIRLING CLOUDS ARE MANY TIMES SEEN NEAR DEVELOPING TORNADOES. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OFTEN PRODUCE A LOUD ROARING SOUND THAT CAN BE HEARD IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 54 min |
| Oct 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 53 min |
| Oct 26, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 40 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.