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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Norman, OK

March 7, 2000Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 4:59 PM CST for Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2000, 4:59 PM CST (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 5:45 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kiowa County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 5:00 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 ELone Wolf, OK
Mar 7, 5:06 PM CSTHail 1Lone Wolf, OK
Mar 7, 5:10 PM CSTHail 1.75Lone Wolf, OK
Mar 7, 5:20 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 51 MHobart, OK
Mar 7, 5:25 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 53 MHobart, OK
Mar 7, 5:39 PM CSTHail 0.88Gotebo, OK
Mar 7, 5:45 PM CSTThunderstorm WindSnyder, OKThe roof of a business was blown off with debris falling on numerous vehicles in a nearby parking lot.
Mar 7, 5:49 PM CSTHail 0.75Gotebo, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 7, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2000-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2000-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 072300
SVROKC
OKC075-072345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
459 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 459 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LLINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COOPERTON...GOTEBO...HOBART...LONE
  WOLF...MOUNTAIN PARK...ROOSEVELT...SNYDER AND TOM STEED RESERVOIR

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 65 MPH 
ARE LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3511 9934 3496 9933 3487 9916 3464 9903
          3462 9885 3500 9878 3508 9883
CJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon49 min
Mar 7, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills42 min
Mar 7, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson38 min
Mar 7, 4:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer50 min
Mar 7, 4:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson50 min
Mar 7, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita49 min
Mar 7, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills49 min
Mar 7, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman39 min
Mar 7, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper42 min
Mar 7, 5:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita44 min
Mar 7, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche64 min
Mar 7, 5:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa27 min
Mar 7, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton33 min
Mar 7, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo46 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.