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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 11, 2001Rogers County, Wagoner County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2001, 11:22 PM CST for Rogers County, Wagoner County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 min. 11 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2001, 11:22 PM CST (05:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 12:15 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 11, 11:24 PM CSTHail 1Bristow, OK
Mar 11, 11:24 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 ESand Spgs, OK
Mar 11, 11:30 PM CSTThunderstorm WindBristow, OKThunderstorm winds blew the roof off a house and a garage. The wind also blew the cover off a hot tub and the hood off of a car. Several trees were also uprooted.
Mar 11, 11:30 PM CSTThunderstorm WindAvant, OKThunderstorm winds blew a large tree down onto Highway 20.
Mar 11, 11:35 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50 ETulsa, OK
Mar 11, 11:35 PM CSTThunderstorm WindOkemah, OKThunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
Mar 11, 11:45 PM CSTHail 0.75Beggs, OK
Mar 11, 11:45 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 61 EBixby, OK
Mar 12, 12:00 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 ETalala, OK
Mar 12, 12:05 AM CSTThunderstorm WindCoweta, OKThunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
Mar 12, 12:06 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 EHaskell, OK

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2001-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 120523
SVRTUL
OKC037-107-111-113-131-143-145-147-120615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1122 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1121 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS 
  UP TO 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES   
  EAST OF PERSHING TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MANNFORD TO BOLEY...MOVING   
  EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS UP TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
  LINE OF STORMS NEAR HOMINY AT 1118 PM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... SAPULPA...KELLYVILLE...
  MANNFORD...KIEFER...MOUNDS...DEPEW...SLICK...BRISTOW...ONETA...
  COWETA...STONEBLUFF...OCHELATA...RAMONA...VERA...BROKEN ARROW...
  COLLINSVILLE...SKIATOOK...SPERRY...GLENPOOL...OWASSO...JENKS...
  BIXBY...SAND SPRINGS...TULSA...BARNSDALL...WYNONA...AVANT...
  HOMINY...BALD HILL...BEGGS...PRESTON...MORRIS...SCHULTER...
  OKMULGEE...WELTY...OKFUSKEE...PADEN...TALALA...OOLOGAH...FOYIL...
  TIAWAH...VERDI4GRIS...CATOOSA...INOLA AND CLAREMORE.

LAT...LON 3666 9638 3605 9644 3549 9661 3551 9578
          3602 9555 3659 9545

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa53 min
Mar 11, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner61 min
Mar 11, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata61 min
Mar 12, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.