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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 20, 2000Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2000, 12:01 AM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 20, 2000, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2000, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Centralia, OK
Apr 20, 12:45 AM CDTThunderstorm WindMiami, OKThunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.

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
Apr 19, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2000-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1428 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 200503
SVRTUL
OKC035-115-200600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1201 AM CDT THU APR 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRALIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELCH...
BLUEJACKET...WYANDOTTE...NARCISSA...FAIRLAND AND MIAMI

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE
EXPEVCTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

CALL 1-800-722-2778 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee38 min
Apr 19, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee42 min
Apr 19, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Washington58 min
Apr 19, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee54 min
Apr 19, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek46 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner61 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee61 min
Apr 19, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata38 min
Apr 19, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner44 min
Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa46 min
Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek46 min
Apr 20, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee58 min
Apr 20, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg52 min
Apr 20, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah65 min
Apr 20, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware46 min
Apr 20, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah54 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.