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Tornado Watch 367

May 26, 200032 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for 32 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Washita38 min
May 26, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Canadian27 min
May 26, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo25 min
May 26, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa53 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo48 min
May 26, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian55 min
May 26, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Washita59 min
May 26, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo3 hr
May 26, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo46 min
May 26, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian47 min
May 26, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland32 min
May 26, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie34 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole47 min
May 26, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
May 26, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie47 min
May 26, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee46 min
May 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min
May 26, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3272 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.6

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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
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 9 more6 hr
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 10 more6 hr
May 27, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Garvin and 7 more6 hr
May 27, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha5 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.