Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2000, 1:46 AM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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
- May 6, 2000, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Bixby, OK | |
| May 6, 2:00 AM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Sapulpa, OK | At 200 am cdt tennis ball size hail was reported 1 mile south of Sapulpa.At 202 am cdt quarter size hail was reported 2 miles north of Sapulpa.At 207 am cdt dime size hail was reported in Sapulpa. |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 060648 SVRTUL OKC037-143-060745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 146 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 245 AM CDT * AT 146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF SAPULPA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BIXBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAPULPA... KELLYVILLE...KIEFER...MOUNDS...BROKEN ARROW...GLENPOOL...JENKS... BIXBY AND TULSA HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.H LAT...LON 3604 9626 3584 9624 3586 9575 3628 9585
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 9:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 915 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000 PESKY UPPER LEVEL LOW HAS RESULTED IN A PESKY CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. EXPECTED THEM TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET BUT JUST AS THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE FADING THEY PULSE UP AGAIN. GOING FORECAST DID NOT TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THAT LOOKS GOOD. STILL EXPECT WARM ADVECTION STORMSj LATER TONIGHT OVER THE WHOLE AREA. THUS...TRENDS OF GOING FORECAST LOOK GOOD FOR NOW AND WILL HOLD OFF ON AN UPDATE FOR LATER IF AT ALL. .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...NONE. ABBAS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 5, 10:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1031 PM CDT FRI MAY 05 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 PM 2 N BOYNTON OK 2.5 INCH HAIL
05/05/00 MUSKOGEE TELEVISION STATION
SPOTTERS REPORTED
GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALZL
SIZED HAIL.
DRMLocal storm report, May 5, 10:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1051 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 PM MUSKOGEE OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/00 MUSKOGEE DIME SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY CIVIL
DEFENSE.
0935 PM COUNCIL HILL OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/00 MUSKOGEE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORT OF
DIME SIZED HAIL.
1044 PM 3 SW SUMMIT OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/00 eMUSKOGEE TELEVISION STATION
SPOTTERS REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.Local storm report, May 5, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1148 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0239 PM MC ALESTER OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/00 PITTSBURG CIVIL DEFENSE REPORT OF
DIME SIZED HAIL IN NW
MCALESTER.
DRMLocal storm report, May 6, 12:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1218 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1206 AM 3 S COLLINSVILLE OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/00 TULSA HAM RADIO REPORT OF
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
MANNINGLocal storm report, May 6, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1230 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
12U36 AM FORT SMITH AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/6/00 SEBASTIAN HAM RADIO REPORT OF
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DRMLocal storm report, May 6, 12:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1232 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1208 AM 8 W CLAREMORE OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/06/00 ROGERS PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME
TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
DRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 47 min |
| May 5, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 61 min |
| May 5, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 59 min |
| May 5, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 46 min |
| May 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 42 min |
| May 5, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 61 min |
| May 6, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| May 6, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 40 min |
| May 6, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 48 min |
| May 6, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 43 min |
| May 6, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 47 min |
| May 6, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 33 min |
| May 6, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 46 min |
| May 6, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 54 min |
| May 6, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 51 min |
| May 6, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 47 min |
| May 6, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| May 6, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 52 min |
| May 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 6, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 45 min |
| May 6, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 44 min |
| May 6, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 46 min |
| May 6, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 53 min |
| May 6, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| May 6, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 63 min |
| May 6, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 63 min |
| May 6, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 43 min |
| May 6, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.