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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 2000McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2000, 11:05 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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 26, 2000, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4172 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
4172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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

953 
WUUS54 KTSA 270407
SVRTUL
OKC091-101-270445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1105 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUNCIL HILL...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM 
INCLUDE...OKTAHA...COUNCIL HILL...RENTIESVILLE AND CHECOTAH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS 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 3555 9578 3550 9575 3544 9536 3581 9537

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair53 min
May 26, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah47 min
May 26, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh44 min
May 26, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah52 min
May 26, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee41 min
May 26, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair51 min
May 26, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
May 26, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah49 min
May 26, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee46 min
May 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min
May 27, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee59 min
May 27, 12:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah4 hr
May 27, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh62 min
May 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner41 min
May 27, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee42 min
May 27, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw55 min
May 27, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee39 min
May 27, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee42 min
May 27, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah41 min
May 27, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.