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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2001Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 9:52 AM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2001, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 031452
SVRTUL
OKC035-105-031545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
952 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT

* AT 952 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LENAPAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELCH...
  BLUEJACKET AND LENAPAH.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

LAT...LON 3704 9554 3696 9572 3660 9546 3666 9523
          3681 9503 3699 9505

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa61 min
Jun 3, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata48 min
Jun 3, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa45 min
Jun 3, 5:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOttawa2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.