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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 129

March 28, 200023 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 28, 2000, 6:45 PM CST for 23 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2000, 6:45 PM CST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2000, 11:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, McClain County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 35 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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Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, McCurtain, Pushmataha5 hr
Mar 28, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 7 more6 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.