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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 27, 2000Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 2000, 5:44 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
Oct 27, 2000, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 27, 5:53 PM CDTHail 0.88Mason, OK

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1044 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2000-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 272245
SVRTUL
OKC107-272330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
NEAR MASON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MASON...    
CASTLE...AND OKFUSKEE.

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



LAT...LON 3563 9659 3554 9658 3546 9656 3547 9614
          3565 9620;

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 Oct 27, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
310 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2000

EAST/WEST BAND OF RAIN/CONVECTION REMAINS ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  BAND OF PRECIP CURRENTLY STRETCHING ROUGHLY
ALONG A TUL-FYV LINE AND LIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.  THIS
ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN WITH TIME THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING
WHILE CONTINUING TO LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST.  ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THEN POSSIBLE AGAIN BY LATE TONIGHT WITH WAA PATTERN AND JUNKY
SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT CONTINUING.  MAIN ACTION THOUGH WITH
WESTERN TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE OUT TOWARD THE PANHANDLES BY
LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE OUT INTO THE PLAINS.
WILL STILL CONTINUE WITH AT LEAST CHANCE POPS THROUGH TOMORROW OUT
AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...BUT HIGHEST POPS WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH
GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SQUALL LINE TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA
BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z.  THIS TIMING IS GENERALLY BASED ON A COMPROMISE
BETWEEN THE ETA AND THE SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE AVN.

WILL ALSO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AS RAIN CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE.  HAVE SOME 48 HOUR TOTALS OF 2
TO 3 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE AREA...SO
FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES CONTINUING TO LOWER.

WILL THEN KEEP SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY DRY BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND
THE NEXT SCHEDULED TO APPROACH ON TUESDAY.

DIURNAL RANGE ON TEMPS WILL REMAIN LIMITED THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH
LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 60S FOR LOWS AND LOWER 70S FOR HIGHS.

FCSTID = 4
TUL   63  73  62  75 /  50  50  70  40
FSM   62  74  62  75 /  40  40  70  60
MLC   62  75  62  76 /  40  50  70  40
BVO   62  73  60  75 /  50  50  70  30
FYV   57  72  58  72 /  50  40  70  60
BYV   57  72  58  72 /  50  40  70  60
MIO   60  72  60  74 /  50  40  70  40
MKO   63  73  62  75 /  50  50  70  40
F10   63  73  62 5 75 /  50  50  70  40
HHW   62  77  62  77 /  40  40  70  50

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-281100-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2000

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

.DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED ALONG AN UPPER LEVEL
SHEAR ZONE ALONG I-40.  ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THIS EVENING ALLOWING STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

AS THESE STORMS SLOWLY MOVE TO THE EAST...ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE RQEQUIRED FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING.
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Oct 27, 5:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
536 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2000

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

0420 PM    3 SW MILFAY               OK    1 INCH HAIL
10/27/00   CREEK                            SPOTTER REPORT

0427 PM    DEPEW                     OK    .88 INCH HAIL
10/27/00   CREEK                            SPOTTER REPORT

2

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
Oct 27, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee51 min
Oct 27, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee110 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.