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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 417, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 5, 2001Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2001, 12:52 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
Oct 5, 2001, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2001, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Osage County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2001-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1691 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2001-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

052 
WUUS54 KTSA 050553
SVRTUL
OKC113-050630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1252 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1252 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAINOLA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HULAH...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BIGHEART...
  HULAH AND GRAINOLA.

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

LAT...LON 3694 9678 3679 9602 3699 9601 3699 9670

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 Oct 4, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
910 PM CDT THU OCT 4 2001

LINE OF CONVECTION ALOND COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTH
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.  FRONT HAS CONTINUED TO SAG SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT PROGRESS HAS BEEN VERY SLOW.  SHOULD BEGIN
TO SEE STORMS IMPACT OSAGE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS...THEN
REMAINING KANSAS BORDER COUNTIES BY AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SO.

TIMING OF FRONT TO AROUND THE I-40 CORRIDOR DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS LOOKS GOOD...SO TREND OF AFTERNOON FORECAST STILL ON TRACK.
EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE NIGHT...AND
WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY UPDATE AT THIS TIME TILL CURRENT WATCH OVER FAR
NORTHERN COUNTIES EXPIRES OR IS REPLACED.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage44 min
Oct 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 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.