Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 23, 2002Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 2002, 2:26 PM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2002, 2:26 PM CST (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2002, 3:15 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2002-01-23Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2002-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 232026
SVRTUL
OKC121-232115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
226 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 225 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIOWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...
  KIOWA...BLANCO...SAVANNA...HARTSHORNE...ALDERSON...KREBS AND
  BLOCKER.

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

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

LAT...LON 3461 9616 3448 9601 3481 9551 3515 9554

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 2:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee35 min
Jan 23, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg41 min
Jan 23, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh43 min
Jan 23, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.