Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2002, 8:36 PM CST for McIntosh County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2002, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2002, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Henryetta, OK | |
| Mar 24, 9:15 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Grayson, OK | |
| Mar 24, 9:24 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Checotah, OK | |
| Mar 24, 9:29 PM CST | Hail 1 | Rentiesville, OK | |
| Mar 24, 9:40 PM CST | Hail 1 | Checotah, 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KTSA 250236 CCA
SVRTUL
OKC091-111-250330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED HAIL SIZE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
832 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 930 PM CST
* AT 832 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES WEST OF HENRYETTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HENRYETTA...
DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER...EUFAULA...CHECOTAH...
RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM AND RENTIESVILLE.
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3560 9609 3530 9608 3521 9581 3532 9536
3557 9534What 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 24, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 645 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002 HV GONE AHEAD AND UPDATED ZFP TO INCLUDE WS 33. PREVIOUS FCST ON TRACK ATTM...WITH SVR WORDING ACROSS ALL NRN ZNS. CONVECTION STARTING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WRN BORDER OF THE CWFA ATTM. STORMS STRUGGLING A BIT BUT SHOULD BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. GOOD POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL TNGT WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR/WBZ HEIGHTS. UDPATED ZFP ALREADY SENT... MANNING FCSTID = 24 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 24, 7:53 PM CST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
753 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0749 PM SAND SPRINGS OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 8:09 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
809 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM GLENPOOL OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
0803 PM 4 W OWASSO OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 8:16 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
816 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM PADEN OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OKFUSKEE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 8:22 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
822 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0820 PM 1 NE OWASSO OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 8:36 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
836 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0832 PM OKEMAH OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OKFUSKEE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
MANNINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okmulgee | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 13 min |
| Mar 24, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Sequoyah | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 11:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 51 min |
| Mar 25, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 52 min |
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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.