Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2000, 1:28 AM CST for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 26, 2000, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2000, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County LeFlore County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 1:30 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Fanshawe, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
149 WFUS54 KTSA 260728 TORTUL OKC079-260800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 128 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 200 AM CST * AT 128 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 2 MILES WEST OF FANSHAWE. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH... THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SPIRO... PANAMA...CAMERON...WISTER...FANSHAWE AND POTEAU IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW LAT...LON 3504 9501 3489 9488 3499 9445 3531 9451
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Feb 26, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Feb 26, 1:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 42 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.