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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 2002Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2002, 8:57 PM CST for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 24, 2002, 8:57 PM CST (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2002, 9:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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 24, 9:05 PM CSTHail 1.75Bearden, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 00:00Z on 2002-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 839 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2002-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 250257
SVRTUL
OKC107-250345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
857 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 857 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOLEY TO 3 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BOLEY TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEARDEN...MOVING EAST
  AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OKEMAH...
  WELEETKA...BEARDEN...CLEARVIEW...PHAROAH...CASTLE...BOLEY...
  OKFUSKEE AND WELTY.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

$$

MANNING

LAT...LON 3563 9664 3545 9648 3531 9642 3532 9606
          3547 9609 3564 9622

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 24, 6:45 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:45 PM CST, 2 hours 12 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, 8:16 PM CST, 41 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.

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:22 PM CST, 35 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.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:36 PM CST, 21 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.

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:39 PM CST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
839 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

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

0838 PM    1 N BIXBY                 OK   .88 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   TULSA                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:46 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
846 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

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

0843 PM    BIXBY                     OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   TULSA                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

0843 PM    BIXBY                     OK   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/24/02   TULSA                          REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.

MANNING
Local storm report, Mar 24, 8:54 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
854 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002

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

0838 PM    OKEMAH                    OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OKFUSKEE                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0847 PM    PHAROAH                   OK   .88 INCH HAIL
03/24/02   OKFUSKEE                       REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

MANNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
Mar 24, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa50 min
Mar 24, 8:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee43 min
Mar 24, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee58 min
Mar 24, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage41 min
Mar 24, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee54 min
Mar 24, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner48 min
Mar 24, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee13 min
Mar 24, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee46 min
Mar 24, 9:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner47 min
Mar 24, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee26 min
Mar 24, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg55 min
Mar 24, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Sequoyah64 min
Mar 24, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers42 min
Mar 24, 10:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore62 min
Mar 24, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware48 min
Mar 25, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee43 min
Mar 25, 10:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg28 min
Mar 25, 10:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer52 min
Mar 25, 11:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore51 min
Mar 25, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell52 min
Mar 25, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer52 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.