Severe Thunderstorm Warning 368, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Sep 7, 2001, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pawnee County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS54 KTSA 080038
SVRTUL
OKC113-117-147-080130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
738 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 736 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO
  70 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST  
  OF HULAH TO 6 MILES WEST OF OKESA TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF          
  MARAMEC...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... WESTPORT...CLEVELAND...
  BLACKBURN...MARAMEC...HALLETT...TERLTON...COPAN...DEWEY...
  OCHELATA...BARTLESVILLE...SKIATOOK...HULAH...BIGHEART...OKESA...
  BARNSDALL...WYNONA...AVANT...HOMINY...OSAGE AND PAWHUSKA.

STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH IN HOMINY WITH 
THESE STORMS.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
NOW.

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS
IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3701 9629 3667 9645 3618 9680 3619 9603
          3652 9594 3701 9576

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 7, 7:07 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
707 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

WILL UPDATE FOR NEW TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 720 IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

MESONET WINDS AND 3 HOURLY PRESSURE FALLS SUGGEST THAT TORNADO
THREAT SHUD REMAIN N OF I-40.  PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT...HOWEVER...WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ALSO PUSHED OFF POPS FOR FAR SE OK AND NW AR UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

UPDATE OUT AROUND 715 PM.

FCSTID = 18

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY FOR ZONES
OKZ054>068...OKZ070>071...OKZ073.

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    WEBB CITY                 OK    1 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   OSAGE                           QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
                                           PUBLIC REPORT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
644 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0635 PM    WEBB CITY                 OK    1 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   OSAGE                           QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
                                           PUBLIC REPORT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
732 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0645 PM    1 W SHIDLER               OK    .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   OSAGE                           DIME SIZE HAIL. PUBLIC
                                           REPORT.

0720 PM    10 W CLEVELAND            OK    .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   PAWNEE                          DIME SIZE HAIL. SPOTTER
                                           REPORT.

0720 PM    10 W CLEVELAND            OK    65 MPH TSTM GUST
09/07/01   PAWNEE                          SPOTTER REPORT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
737 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0735 PM    HOMINY                    OK   70 MPH WIND GUST
09/07/01   OSAGE                          REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTER

0730 PM    5W HOMINY                 OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   OSAGE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.