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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 5, 2000Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2000, 6:53 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 5, 2000, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 052355
SVRTUL
OKC021-101-060030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
653 PM CDT THU OCT 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT GIBSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EAST PARTS OF 
MUSKOGEE...FORT GIBSON...  BRAGGS...ELDON...COOKSON AND TAHLEQUAH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO3 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3583 9533 3564 9532 3565 9480 3600 9480

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.