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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 7, 2000Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 9:14 PM CST for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2000, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 10:15 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Okfuskee County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 9:28 PM CSTHail 0.75Paden, OK
Mar 7, 9:41 PM CSTHail 0.88Welty, OK
Mar 7, 9:46 PM CSTHail 1.75Mason, OK
Mar 7, 9:46 PM CSTHail 1.75Lake Okemah, OKGolfball size hail fell likely damaging a few cars.

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
Mar 7, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2000-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 588 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2000-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 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
588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 080315
SVRTUL
OKC107-080415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
914 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 914 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF PADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELTY...
OKFUSKEE...BOLEY...PADEN...CASTLE...BEARDEN AND OKEMAH

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNpADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 8:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee56 min
Mar 7, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa66 min
Mar 7, 9:48 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa42 min
Mar 7, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee37 min
Mar 7, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh49 min
Mar 7, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington40 min
Mar 7, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner63 min
Mar 7, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner64 min
Mar 7, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee64 min
Mar 7, 10:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers31 min
Mar 7, 11:13 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee47 min
Mar 7, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee45 min
Mar 7, 11:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa61 min
Mar 8, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha39 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.