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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 27, 2000Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 1:03 AM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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 27, 2000, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 1:05 AM CDTThunderstorm WindTahlequah, OKThunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
May 27, 1:10 AM CDTThunderstorm WindStilwell, OKThunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTThunderstorm WindStilwell, OKThunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.

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 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1527 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

023 
WUUS54 KTSA 270604
SVRTUL
OKC001-021-270645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
103 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF TAHLEQUAH TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COOKSON TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF COOKSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SCRAPER...
ELDON...HULBERT...COOKSON...TAHLEQUAH...WESTVILLE...PROCTOR...CHRISTI
E...BARON...BUNCH AND STILWELL.

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

DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 5 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND 
HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.

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 3604 9521 3574 9505 3565 9504 3565 9453
          3610 9459 3617 9479

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, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee40 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, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah41 min
May 27, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore29 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.