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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 7, 2000Nowata County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 10:59 PM CST for Nowata County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 10:59 PM CST (04:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 11:30 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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
Mar 7, 11:05 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 EInola, 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 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
Mar 7, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 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 080500
SVRTUL
OKC105-131-080530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1059 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1058 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP  
TO 65 MPH MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES   
NORTHEAST OF WANN TO LENAPAH TO NEAR FOYIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  NEW ALLUWE...WATOVA...WANN...
  LENAPAH...DELAWARE AND NOWATA


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

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, 9:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee61 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, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.