Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 5:31 PM CST for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min. 6 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, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2000, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Custer County, OK, Washita County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 5:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Clinton, OK | Numerous homes in the Westridge Addition received damage, while some barns were either damaged or destroyed. Two semis were also blown over on Interstate 40 just west of Clinton. |
| Mar 7, 5:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Arapaho, OK | A barn was destroyed on a county road on the south side of Arapaho. |
| Mar 7, 5:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherford, OK | A barn was destroyed on Highway 54. |
| Mar 7, 5:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Custer City, OK | A mobile home was destroyed on Highway 33. |
| Mar 7, 5:54 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Weatherford, OK | Three semis were overturned on Interstate 40, and one of the drivers was injured. Five thousand square feet of the roof at Walmart was blown off. Numerous homes and businesses had windows broken. A porch was destroyed, and a local fire department recorded a wi |
| Mar 7, 5:54 PM CST | Hail 1 | Weatherford, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOUN 072333 SVROKC OKC039-149-080015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 531 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CUSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA EASTERN WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 531 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM VICI...TO 5 MILES WEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARAPAHO...BESSIE...BUTLER... CLINTON...CLOUD CHIEF...COLONY...CORDELL...CORN...CUSTER CITY... STAFFORD...THOMAS AND WEATHERFORD. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES ALONG ITS LEADING EDGE. WIND SPEEDS WITH ANY TORNADO ARE NOT LIKELY TO GREATLY EXCEED THOSE OF THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF THE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3578 9930 3513 9900 3511 9865 3580 9869
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 7, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 335 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SEEMS TO BE WELL-COVERED BY THE MANY SPC DISCUSSIONS ALREADY ISSUED. ZONES WILL NATURALLY BE WORDED WITH SEVERE STORM TERMINOLOGY FOR TONIGHT. AFTER THE SQUALL LINE PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHWEST AND BEGIN TO INCREASE. IT APPEARS THAT WINDS TOMORROW WILL EASILY REACH WIND ADVISORY LEVELS... POSSIBLY EVEN APPROACH HIGH WIND WARNING SPEEDS IN THE NORTHWEST. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA... AND LEAVE THE OPTION OF A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT. TRANQUIL WEATHER FOLLOWS... WITH THE BRIEF EXCEPTION OF FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... WHEN THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS POINT... THAT EVENT LOOKS MUCH LESS POTENT THAN TONIGHT. FCSTID = 23 = CMS OKC 52 70 45 65 / 90 0 0 0 HBR 49 72 42 67 / 100 0 0 0 SPS 52 75 45 72 / 80 0 0 0 GAG 46 68 35 58 / 100 10 0 0 PNC 50 68 42 60 / 90 10 10 0 DUA 53 71 45 73 / 80 0 0 0 .OUN... OK...WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES ON WEDNESDAY. TX...WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES ON WEDNESDAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:31 PM CST, 1 hour before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
431 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000
TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0423 PM HOPLLIS OK .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/00 HARMON HAM REPORT
TJLocal storm report, Mar 7, 4:38 PM CST, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
438 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000
TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 6 NE ELDORADO OK WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00 JACKSON CAR WINDOW BROKEN
SIGNS DOWN
PUBLIC REPORT
KT @Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:55 PM CST, 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
455 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000
TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0439 PM DUKE OK .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/00 JACKSON EOC REPORT
KTLocal storm report, Mar 7, 4:58 PM CST, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
458 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000
TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM 3 E REED OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/07/00 GREER PUBLIC REPORT
0450 PM MANGUM OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/00 GREER EOC REPORT
KTLocal storm report, Mar 7, 5:05 PM CST, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
505 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000
TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM 6 EAST OF ERICK OK .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/00 BECKHAM SPOTTER REPORT
TJLocal storm report, Mar 7, 5:28 PM CST, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
528 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000
TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0458 PM 4 E MANGUM OK WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00 GREER BARN BLOWN AWAY
EOC REPORT
0500 PM SE MANGUM OK WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00 GREER LARGE LIMBS DOWN
EOC REPORT
0453 PM 3 E MANGUM OK WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00 GREER 4 BARNS AND
TRAILER DESTROYED
EOC REPORT
0455 PM 3 E GRANITE OK WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00 GREER SMALL CAR BLOWN OFF
ROAD
EOC REPORT
0456 PM 3 W ALTUS LAKE OK WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00 GREER PICKUP BLOWN OFF ROAD
AND TURNED OVER
EOC REPORT
0500 PM 7 SEYMOUR TX 60 MPH WIND GUST
03/07/00 BAYLOR 1.0" HAIL
SPOTTER REPORT
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 38 min |
| Mar 7, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Mar 7, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 42 min |
| Mar 7, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 64 min |
| Mar 7, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Mar 7, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 46 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.