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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 30, 2001Haskell County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2001, 5:27 PM CDT for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2001, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Haskell County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1103 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 302227
SVRTUL

OKC061-302315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
527 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3    
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF STIGLER MOVING VERY LITTLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIGLER.

WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

$$

LAT...LON 3528 9500 3541 9509 3527 9524 3516 9516

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 30, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
340 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2001

.SHORT TERM...
FIRST PERIOD CONCERNS INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLD CONVECTION
MAINLY ACROSS THE FAVORED TERRAIN AREAS OF WRN AR/SE OK. ATTM...FEEL
AREAL COVERAGE DOES NOT WARRANT A MENTION IN THE ZNS...BUT WL TAKE A
LOOK AT LAST MINUTE RADAR TRENDS BEFORE SENDING ZNS. AFTER
THAT...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE A PROBLEM. WITH THE LIKELYHOOD OF
KEEPING WIND SPEEDS UP TONIGHT...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A HEAT ADV
MAINLY FOR WRN ZNS. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND 80F
IN MANY LOCATIONS IN THE WEST...AND IF A FEW SITES DROP BELOW
CRITERIA...IT WILL ONLY BE FOR A VERY SHORT TIME PROVIDING NO REAL
RELIEF TO THE HEAT. OVERNIGHT LOWS THIS MORNING WERE VERY WARM
ACROSS THE CWFA WITH KTUL ONLY DROPPING TO 82F...AND A FEW OTHER
LOCATIONS ONLY REACHING 80F.

.LONG TERM...
AFTER TONIGHT...PERSISTENCE WILL BE THE BEST FORECAST. ONLY REAL CHC
FOR PCPN WILL BE IN THE FORM OF ISOLD AFTN TSRA ACROSS THE FAVORED
TERRAIN AREAS. WL LEAVE WORDING OUT OF ZNS AT THIS POINT...AND ALLOW
LATER SHIFTS TO HANDLE THIS ON A DAY BY DAY BASIS. PARTIAL LOW LEVEL
THICKNESS FCSTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS VARY LITTLE. H8/H7/H5
HGHTS ALSO REMAIN NEARLY THE SAME OR RISE SLIGHTLY OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. ALL THIS TO SAY THAT HOT AND DRY CONTINUES ACROSS ALL OF THE
CWFA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FEEL THAT OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ALSO BE
WARM /U70S TO AROUND 80F/ GIVEN INCREASING SFC GRADIENT...AND WINDS
REMAINING UP ALL NIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
STRONG RIDGE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE CWFA THROUGH THE PERIOD.
WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. BY DAY 6 AND 7...THE ECMWF IS THE OUTLIER BY DEVELOPING A
CUTOFF OFF THE NRN CA COAST. IN DOING SO...THE ECMWF RETROGRADES THE
RIDGE SLIGHTLY...RETURNING THE AREA TO WEAK NW FLOW BY SUNDAY.
CANADIAN GEM IS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE WITH SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH
THE NRN STREAM. CANADIAN DOES...HOWEVER...KEEP THE RIDGE IN PLACE
THROUGH THE PERIOD. MRF HAS SHOWN RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY IN HOLDING
THE RIDGE FIRMLY IN CONTROL OF THE CWFA...AND WILL FOLLOW A
PERSISTENCE FCST OF HOT AND DRY FOR NOW.

THANKS FOR THE COORD OUN AND FWD

MANNING
FCSTID = 24
TUL   80  99  80 100 /  10  10  10  10
FSM   77  99  76 100 /  10  10  10  10
MLC   78  99  78 100 /  10  10  10  10
BVO   76 100  76 101 /   0  10  10  10
FYV   73  94  73  95 /  10  10  10  10
BYV   72  94  74  95 /  10  10  10  10
MIO   75  97  75  95 /  10  10  10  10
MKO   79  99  79 100 /  10  10  10  10
F10   79  99  79 100 /  10  10  10  10
HHW   77  97  76  98 /  10  10  10  10

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES
OKZ054>056...OKZ059>061...OKZ064>067...OKZ070>071...OKZ073.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell30 min

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.