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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2000Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2000, 7:10 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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
Jul 12, 2000, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 12, 7:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EWelch, OK60 mile an hour thunderstorm winds blew down several tree limbs.

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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2000-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3481 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 130011
SVRTUL
OKC035-130100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
710 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BLUEJACKET...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELCH...
  BLUEJACKET...KETCHUM AND VINITA.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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.

LAT...LON 3691 9501 3691 9520 3650 9519 3650 9500

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware51 min
Jul 12, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes51 min
Jul 12, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa46 min
Jul 12, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner60 min
Jul 12, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek64 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.