Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 9:05 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Bearden, 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.
- 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.
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 9622What 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.
MANNINGLocal 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.
MANNINGLocal 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.
MANNINGLocal 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.
MANNINGLocal 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.
MANNINGLocal 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.
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, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okmulgee | 54 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, 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.