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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 6, 2000Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2000, 2:32 AM CDT for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2000, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2000, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2000-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 670 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 060733
SVRTUL
OKC145-060815-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
232 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONETA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ONETA

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE 
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3614 9579 3599 9580 3605 9544 3619 9565

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, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 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, 10:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 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, 2 hours 44 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.

DRM
Local storm report, May 6, 12:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 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.

MANNING
Local storm report, May 6, 12:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 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.

DRM
Local storm report, May 6, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 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.

DRM
Local storm report, May 6, 2:26 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
226 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0159 AM    BROKEN ARROW              OK    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/00   TULSA                           QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                           REPORTED BY OFF DUTY
                                           NWS EMPLOYEE.

0200 AM    1 S SAPULPA               OK    2.5 INCH HAIL
05/06/00   CREEK                           POLICE REPORT OF TENNIS
                                           BALL SIZED HAIL ON THE
                                           SOUTH SIDE OF SAPULPA.

0202 AM    2 N SAPULPA               OK    1 INCH HAIL
05/06/00   CREEK                           HAM RADIO REPORT OF
                                           QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

0207 AM    SAPULPA                   OK    .75 INCH; HAIL
05/06/00   CREEK                           DIME SIZED HAIL
                                           REPORTED AT THE
                                           TURNPIKE GATE IN SAPULPA.

DRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa47 min
May 5, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa61 min
May 5, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa52 min
May 5, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee60 min
May 5, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee59 min
May 5, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee46 min
May 5, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes42 min
May 5, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa61 min
May 6, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa59 min
May 6, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee42 min
May 6, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner40 min
May 6, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers48 min
May 6, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa47 min
May 6, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee33 min
May 6, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers46 min
May 6, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh54 min
May 6, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa51 min
May 6, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek47 min
May 6, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa51 min
May 6, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek52 min
May 6, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee49 min
May 6, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa45 min
May 6, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee46 min
May 6, 5:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee44 min
May 6, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage46 min
May 6, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee53 min
May 6, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee24 min
May 6, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee63 min
May 6, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg63 min
May 6, 10:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell43 min
May 6, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers48 min

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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.