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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 5:43 PM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 77 min. 6 reports 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
- Mar 26, 2000, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:56 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lamar, OK | |
| Mar 26, 6:01 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Arpelar, OK | |
| Mar 26, 6:10 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Lamar, OK | |
| Mar 26, 6:24 PM CST | Hail 1 | Haywood, OK | |
| Mar 26, 6:25 PM CST | Hail 2.5 | Cabaniss, OK | |
| Mar 26, 6:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Haywood, OK | Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns and blew several trees down. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 262344 SVRTUL OKC121-270100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 543 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 700 PM CST * AT 543 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF SCIPIO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCIPIO... KREBS...ALDERSON...HAYWOOD...HARTSHORNE...SAVANNA AND MCALESTER HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAnY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! LAT...LON 3518 9616 3503 9627 3463 9553 3498 9550
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 9:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.