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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 10, 1995Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 1995, 5:41 PM CST for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1995, 5:41 PM CST (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1995, 6:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Adair County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1995-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 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 1995-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 309 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 102341
TORTUL
OKC001-110015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
541 PM CST FRI NOV 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ADAIR COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM...RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
STILWELL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware49 min
Nov 10, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes47 min
Nov 10, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee53 min
Nov 10, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware48 min
Nov 10, 4:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner51 min
Nov 10, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee34 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.