Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2001, 3:59 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
- May 30, 2001, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2001, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okfuskee County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:00 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Okemah, OK | |
| May 30, 4:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Okemah, OK | Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs and damaged the roof of a house. |
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 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 670 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
783 WUUS54 KTSA 300904 RRA SVRTUL OKC107-300945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 359 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 359 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CASTLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BEARDEN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BOLEY... CASTLE...PHAROAH...CLEARVIEW...BEARDEN...WELEETKA AND OKEMAH. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. $$ LAT...LON 3553 9653 3523 9653 3526 9600 3557 9604
What 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 29, 11:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 11:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1110 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2001 SENT A QUICK UPDATE OUT FOR ADDITION OF TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 400 AM. ALSO ADDED oHEAVY RAIN WORDING TO FLASH FLOOD WATCH ZONES. HOWIESON FCSTID = 44 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES OKZ054>068...OKZ070>071.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 1:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
143 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 AM OWASSO OK WIND DAMAGE
05/30/01 TULSA POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
NEAR OWASSO. SPOTTER
REPORT.Local storm report, May 30, 1:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0144 AM TULSA OK FLOOD
05/30/01 TULSA SPOTTER REPORT OF
HARVARD ALMOST
IMPASSABLE AT 71ST ST
AND 81ST ST.Local storm report, May 30, 2:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
238 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0231 AM KIEFER OK FLOOD
05/30/01 CREEK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORT OF WATER A FOOT
DEEP OVER HIGHWAY 75.Local storm report, May 30, 3:08 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
308 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 AM BEGGS OK FLOOD
05/30/01 OKMULGEE HIGHWAY 16 AND BUSINESS
HIGHWAY 75 UNDERPASSES
CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
WATER. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORT.
0300 AM COWETA OK FLOOD
05/30/01 WAGONER SEVERAL ROADS
IMPASSABLE. POLICE
DEPARTMENT REPORT.Special weather statement, May 30, 3:10 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ054>070-301000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 310 AM CDT WED MAY 30 2001 THE TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WHICH HAVE BEEN IN EFFEC&T FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 63 min |
| May 30, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 58 min |
| May 30, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 48 min |
| May 30, 1:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| May 30, 2:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| May 30, 2:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 3 hr |
| May 30, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 hr |
| May 30, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 56 min |
| May 30, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 56 min |
| May 30, 8:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah | 2 hr |
| May 30, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 43 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.