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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 28, 2001Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2001, 3:43 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 28, 2001, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Craig County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 3:52 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EBluejacket, OKThunderstorm wind estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.

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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2001-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2001-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 282043
SVRTUL

OKC035-282145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
343 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20
  MILES WEST OF BLUEJACKET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

$$

MANNING;

LAT...LON 3682 9543 3662 9543 3668 9501 3699 9507

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 Jul 28, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
206 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001

MAIN CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST WILL BE FIRST PERIOD POPS AS CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX DEVELOPS AND MOVES ACROSS PARTS OF AREA. 12Z AVN MODEL MAY
HAVE BEST DEPICTION OF QPF FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

APPEARS THAT BEST CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD RAINS TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. CLUSTERS OF
STORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME...AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY
ORGANIZE THIS EVENING AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST. WILL GO WITH HIGHEST
POPS IN THOSE ZONES NORTH AND EAST OF TULSA...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF
TO 20 IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MAY RAISE TONIGHTS POPS INTO LIKELY
CATEGORY IN SOME ZONES BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AT 4 PM ISSUANCE TIME.

AFTER COMPLEX OF STORMS DISSIPATES OR MOVES SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY
EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE PATTERN SHOULD RETURN TO HOT AND DRY
FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. UPPER RIDGING REDEVELOPS ACROSS
OKLAHOMA BEHIND TONIGHTS SHORTWAVE...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD AGAIN
RISE TO NEAR THE CENTURY MARK IN WESTERN ZONES BEGINNING MONDAY.

WILL KEEP EXTENDED DRY WITH HOT AFTERNOONS. COULD BE SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE USUAL TERRAIN-FAVORED AREAS OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS...BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT HOT/HUMID AFTERNOONS WITH LITTLE DAY
TO DAY TEMPERATURE CHANGE.

FCSTID = 9

FIRST PERIOD POPS SUBJECT TO CHANGE...

TUL   75  97  78  99 /  40  10  10  10
FSM   75  98  76  99 /  40  30  10  10
MLC   75  98  76  99 /  30  20  10  10
BVO   73  97  74  99 /  50  10  10  10
FYV   70  92  71  93 /  50  20  10  10
BYV   70  92  70  93 /  50  20  10  10
MIO   71  94  72  95 /  50  20  10  10
MKO   75  97  77  99 /  40  10  10  10
F10   75  97  77  99 /  40  10  10  10
HHW   75  96  76  98 /  20  30  10  10

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

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.