Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 26, 1995, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)

Expired

Oct 26, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 270043
TORTUL
OKC001-021-270115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
742 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TAHLEQUAH AND A SECOND DEVELOPING TORANDO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAHLEQUAH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
IF YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND TAHLEQUAHA AND STILWELL YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY AT THIS TIME.
 
 
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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
345 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995

WATOR VAPOR SHOWS A SHORTWAVE SCREAMING SOUTHEAST TOWARD CENTRAL
KANSAS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.  THIS SHORTWAVE WILL CLIP
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ROUND THE BEND WITH ITS SOUTHERN PORTION IN
ARKANSAS AT 12Z FRIDAY.  THIS SHORTWAVE WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE REGION AND POSSIBLY BRING SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  THE BEST
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE SOUTHEAST OF A JLN-MLC LINE
WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE MORE MOISTURE DUE TO THE PRESENSE OF SC.

THE AIR MASS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD
DRY OUT LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THUS...THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF
SUN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  ALSO APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF
WIND ON FRIDAY.  BOUNDARY WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 KT ZONE AND
8H WINDS ARE 30 TO 45 KTS.  THIS COMBINED WITH LARGE DOWNWARD
MOTION AND SUNSHINE SHOULD MAKE IT QUITE BREEZY.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE FWC NUMBERS DO NOT LOOK TOO BAD AND I
JUST SKEWED THEM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER FOR MY PREFERENCES.

TUL 048/063 043/060 038 2000
FSM 051/067 040/064 035 4000
MLC 050/067 042/064 035 3000
BVO 045/063 041/060 XXX 2000
FYV 047/060 038/057 XXX 3000
IDB 055/070 043/067 XXX 4000
BYV 045/058 035/055 XXX 3000

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

ABBAS

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.