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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 17, 2000Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2000, 5:54 AM CST for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2000, 5:54 AM CST (11:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2000, 6:45 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Pushmataha County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 17, 6:00 AM CSTHail 1.5Antlers, OK
Feb 17, 6:55 AM CSTHail 1Tuskahoma, 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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2000-02-17Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 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 KTSA 171156
SVRTUL
OKC127-171245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 AM CST THU FEB 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 AM CST

* AT 554 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ANTLERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KELLOND...
ALBION...KIAMICHI...TUSKAHOMA...STANLEY...NASHOBA...SNOW...RATTAN...
CLAYTON AND ANTLERS

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3416N 9572 3409 9552 3465 9499 3470 9540

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 3:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware52 min
Feb 17, 6:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha39 min
Feb 17, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa51 min
Feb 17, 9:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee42 min
Feb 17, 9:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner26 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.