Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2001, 1:14 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- May 28, 2001, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2001, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 E | Hugo, OK | Thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 miles an hour produced a large amount of damage in the Hugo area. Several businesses including a radio station, lumber company, sale barn, veterinary clinic and a feed lot received damage. Three homes had large trees fall on |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 3521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 280614
SVRTUL
OKC023-280715-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
114 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 114 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF KENT TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GOODLAND TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...KENT...
MESSER...SOPER...FORT TOWSON...SAWYER...GOODLAND AND HUGO.
WIND GUSTS TO 70 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 xBUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
$$
DRM
LAT...LON 3417 9580 3393 9574 3377 9575 3369 9516
3388 9513 3416 9516What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 9:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 925 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001 IMPRESSIVE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE SOUTH SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND SPREADING COLD POOL HELP MAINTAIN STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. THE WORST OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WHERE GREATEST INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL JET FORECAST...BUT SEVERE STORMS STILL LOOK LIKELY ACROSS ABOUT THE SOUTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE ALREADY SENT UPDATED ZONE FORECASTS TO RAISE POPS INTO CATEGORICAL RANGE ACROSS MOST OF AREA. ALSO RETAINED SEVERE WORDING AS DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS COULD BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO LATER PERIODS OF FORECAST. FCSTID = 9 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
942 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM 3 NE CANADIAN OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0905 PM 4 S EUFAULA OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MCINTOSH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
DRMLocal storm report, May 27, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0941 PM QUINTON OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0945 PM QUINTON OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG HAM RADIO REPORT
DRMLocal storm report, May 27, 10:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0957 PM KINTA OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 HASKELL PENNY SIZED HAIL LAW
ENFORCEMENT REPORT
DRMLocal storm report, May 27, 10:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1025 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1015 PM 3 E LEQUIRE OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 HASKELL HAM RADIO REPORT
DRMLocal storm report, May 28, 12:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1213 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001
REPORTS RECEIVED THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT.
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0314 PM FORAKER OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 OSAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0314 PM FORAKER OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 OSAGE PUBLIC REPORT
0350 PM 4 W PAWHUSKA OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 OSAGE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0350 PM 5 W PAWHUSKA OK WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 OSAGE TELEVISION CHASE TEAM
REPORTED A ROOF BLOWN
OFF A HOUSE.
0350 PM 4 W PAWHUSKA OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 OSAGE HAM RADIO REPORT
0402 PM 2 N WYNONA OK 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 OSAGE HAM RADIO REPORT OF 70
MPH WINDS AND MOBILE
HOME DAMAGE.
0410 PM WYNONA OK WIND DAMAGE
05/27/01 OSAGE HAM RADIO REPORT OF
LARGE LIMBS AND A TREE
DOWNED
0410 PM 2 S WYNONA OK 70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 OSAGE OKLAHOMA MESONET REPORT
0415 PM 2 S WYNONA OK 59 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 OSAGE OKLAHOMA MESONET REPORT
0425 PM 7 E BRISTOW OK 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0457 PM TULSA OK 62 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 TULSA 62 MPH GUST AT
TELEVISION STATION
DOWNTOWN.
0503 PM 4 W (TUL)TULSA INTL ARPT OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 TULSA HAM RADIO REPORT
0503 PM TULSA OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 TULSA NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT
TELEVISION STATION
DOWNTOWN.
0514 PM TULSA OK 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 TULSA OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORT AT 81ST AND
MEMORIAL.
0525 PM BIXBY OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 TULSA HAM RADIO REPORT OF
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND
TREES DOWNED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF BIXBY
0530 PM BIXBY OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 TULSA HAM RADIO REPORT OF
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND
60 MPH WINDS
0531 PM BIXBY OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 TULSA HAM RADIO REPORT
0541 PM STONEBLUFF OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 WAGONER GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL HAM
RADIO REPORT.
0556 PM 6 N BRISTOW OK 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK SPOTTER REPORT
0608 PM 1 N BRISTOW OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK SPOTTER REPORT
0612 PM 4 N BRISTOW OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK HAM RADIO REPORT
0615 PM 3 NE BRISTOW OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT
0624 PM SLICK OK 2 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK HAM RADIO REPORT
0625 PM 7 E BRISTOW OK 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 CREEK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0642 PM 3 N BEGGS OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 OKMULGEE MEDIA REPORT
0746 PM WILBURTON OK 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 LATIMER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED
HAIL IN NW WILBURTON
0755 PM HODGEN OK 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 LE FLORE PUBLIC REPORT
0825 PM 3 ENE PAWNEE OK 61 MPH TSTM GUST
05/27/01 PAWNEE OKLAHOMA MESONET REPORT
0854 PM 3 NE CANADIAN OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0856 PM EUFAULA OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MCINTOSH SPOTTER REPORT
0905 PM 3 NE CANADIAN OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0905 PM 4 S EUFAULA OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 MCINTOSH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0941 PM QUINTON OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT
0945 PM QUINTON OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 PITTSBURG HAM RADIO REPORT
0957 PM KINTA OK .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 HASKELL PENNY SIZED HAIL LAW
m ENFORCEMENT
1015 PM 3 E LEQUIRE OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/27/01 HASKELL HAM RADIO REPORTLocal storm report, May 28, 12:17 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1217 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1205 AM 3 W INDIANOLA OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/28/01 PITTSBURG AMATEUR RADIO REPORT
1207 AM VIVIAN OK 65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/28/01 MCINTOSH AMATEUR RADIO REPORTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 57 min |
| May 27, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 58 min |
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 50 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 50 min |
| May 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 52 min |
| May 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 47 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 19 min |
| May 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 45 min |
| May 27, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 43 min |
| May 27, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 50 min |
| May 27, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 55 min |
| May 28, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 64 min |
| May 28, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 40 min |
| May 28, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.