Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 91

April 13, 200222 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 13, 2002, 7:45 AM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2002, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2002, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton42 min
Apr 13, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman62 min
Apr 13, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson51 min
Apr 13, 10:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2002-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 77 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 2002-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1138 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 131229
SEL1  
SPC WW 131225
OKZ000-131800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 91
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 745 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 89...WW 90...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA
WILL TRACK EASTWARD FOR NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  MUCAPE VALUES OF 1500-
2000 J/KG AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL PROMOTE HAIL IN STRONGER
CELLS...WHILE INCREASING ORGANIZATION TO MCS MAY AID THREAT OF
GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS.  

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HART

353,0960 335,0960 335,0982 353,0982

WWUS20 KWNS 131229
SEL1  
SPC WW 131225
OKZ000-131800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 91
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
725 AM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA                           

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 745 AM UNTIL 100
PM CDT.

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY
OKLAHOMA TO 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ARDMORE OKLAHOMA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 89...WW 90...

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA
WILL TRACK EASTWARD FOR NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  MUCAPE VALUES OF 1500-
2000 J/KG AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL PROMOTE HAIL IN STRONGER
CELLS...WHILE INCREASING ORGANIZATION TO MCS MAY AID THREAT OF
GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS.  

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60
KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.  MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 24035.

...HART

353,0960 335,0960 335,0982 353,0982

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr
Apr 12, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills, Texas6 hr
Apr 13, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Greer and 6 more5 hr
Apr 13, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love and 4 more5 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.