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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 4, 2000Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2000, 9:34 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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: Jun 4, 2000, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Inola, OK	Thunderstorm winds blew down a power pole causing a power outage in Inola.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 050235
SVRTUL
OKC131-050330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
934 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIAWAH...MOVING SOUTH AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TIAWAH AND
INOLA

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

WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3637 9538 3640 9552 3616 9563 3608 9545

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 Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
848 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

AT 840 PM...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
HOMINY TO RAMONA TO NOWATA TO WEST OF MIAMI. STORMS ARE WEAKENING AS
THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WEAK LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY HAVE BEEN ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE SEVERAL WALL CLOUDS/FUNNELS ACROSS OUR NORTHEASTERN
COUNTIES. STORMS IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND OSAGE COUNTIES NOW
BEGINNING TO GUST OUT PER LATEST 88D DATA...SO MAIN SHORT TERM
THREAT WILL BE STRONG WINDS THERE. MEANWHILE LARGE HAIL WILL BE MAIN
CONCERN OVER CRAIG AND MAYES COUNTIES.

WILL UPDATE THE ZONES SHORTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR LATEST TRENDS.

FCSTID = 6

.TUL...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

...UPDATE FOR SHORT TERM TRENDS...

A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AT 745 THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING AS
THEY MOVE SOUTH AND THIS WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

ALTHOUGH THE STORMS ARE NOT OVERLY STRONG AND ARE NOT SUPERCELLULAR
IN NATURE...MODERATE INSTABILITY AND WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS
RESULTING IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR LANDSPOUT TYPE TORNADOES.
NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH
THESE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

PERSONS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND BRIEF
WEAK TORNADOES WITH THESE STORMS UNTIL THEY DISSIPATE BEFORE 10 PM.
TAKE APPROPRIATE SHELTER IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA OR A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
808 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

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

0754 PM    2 NW DEWEY                OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/00   WASHINGTON                      HAM RADIO REPORT.

0801 PM    3 N BARTLESVILLE          OK    .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/00   WASHINGTON                      HAM RADIO REPORT.

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MANNING

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:36 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
836 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2000

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

0810 PM    WELCH                     OK    WIND DAMAGE
06/04/00   CRAIG                           PUBLIC REPORT OF TREE
                                           LIMBS DOWNED.

0812 PM    MIAMI                     OK    .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/000   OTTAWA                          PENNY SIZED HAIL
                                           REPORTED BY COUNTY EOC

MANNING

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	42 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	61 min
Jun 4, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	52 min
Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes	61 min
Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	46 min
Jun 4, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	53 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.