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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 2000LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2000, 4:12 PM CST for LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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
Mar 25, 2000, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2000, 5:15 PM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2000-03-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2000-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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 252213
SVRTUL
OKC079-127-252315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
412 PM CST SAT MAR 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 412 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TALIHINA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TALIHINA AND
WHITESBORO

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

LAT...LON 3481 9493 3478 9508 3449 9503 3449 9477

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 5:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha39 min
Mar 25, 6:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha55 min
Mar 25, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw49 min
Mar 25, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore56 min
Mar 25, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore63 min
Mar 25, 5:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah38 min

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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.