Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 733

September 8, 200129 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 8, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT for 29 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Adair County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 00:00Z on 2001-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2001-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Johnston and 6 more5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.