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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 12, 2001Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2001, 12:29 AM CST for Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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
Mar 12, 2001, 12:29 AM CST (06:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 1:30 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 12:45 AM CSTHail 0.88Hulbert, 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2001-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 120630
SVRTUL
OKC021-041-120730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1229 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1229 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS 
  UP TO 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES   
  WEST OF SALINA TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF MURPHY TO 5 MILES NORTH OF   
  MUSKOGEE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... SCRAPER...PEGGS...ELDON...
  HULBERT...COOKSON...TAHLEQUAH...COLCORD...KANSAS...TWIN OAKS...
  LEACH AND OAKS.

$$

LAT...LON 3619 9503 3599 9524 3583 9526 3582 9514
          3565 9512 3565 9480 3618 9478 3618 9458
          3641 9461 3638 9500

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 Mar 11, 9:22 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:22 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
922 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

APPEARS TO BE A BREAK IN THE RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AT THIS
TIME.  EVEN SO...HIGH POPS IN CURRENT FORECAST SEEM WARRANTED AS A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS HEADED INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
COULD BE SOME STRONG STORMS ACROSS THE AREA BUT BELIEVE THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

TEMPS IN FORECAST AREA SHOULD NOT CHANGE MUCH TONIGHT GIVEN THE
CLOUDS...SOUTH WINDS AND DEW POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.

CURRENT FORECAST HAS THINGS WELL IN HAND AND WILL NOT UPDATE AT THIS
TIME.

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

ABBAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:30 PM CST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

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

1118 PM    HOMINY                    OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
03/11/01   OSAGE                           60 MPH WIND GUSTS
                                           REPORTED BY SPOTTER
                                           WITH DEBRIS IN AREA.

1124 PM    BRISTOW                   OK    1 INCH HAIL
03/11/01   CREEK                           EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
                                           REPORT OF QUARTER SIZED
                                           HAIL IN BRISTOW.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:31 PM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1131 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

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

1118 PM    SAND SPGS                 OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
03/11/01   TULSA                           SPOTTER REPORT OF 60
                                           MPH WINDS IN SAND
                                           SPRINGS.

D

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:49 PM CST, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1149 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

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

1145 PM    3 W BIXBY                 OK    70 MPH TSTM GUST
03/11/01   TULSA                           AT LEAST 60 TO 70 MPH
                                           WINDS REPORTED BY OFF
                                           DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
Local storm report, Mar 11, 11:51 PM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1151 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

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

1145 PM    3 W BIXBY                 OK    70 MPH TSTM GUST
03/11/01   TULSA                           AT LEAST 60 TO 70 MPH
                                           WINDS REPORTED BY OFF
                                           DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE

MANNING

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, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner, Washington53 min
Mar 11, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner61 min
Mar 11, 11:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata61 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.