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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 19, 2002Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 2002, 7:12 AM CST for Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2002, 7:12 AM CST (13:12 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2002, 8:15 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2002-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2002-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -139 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 191312
SVRTUL
OKC061-101-191415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
711 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 711 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE TO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ENTERPRISE TO 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINTA...MOVING
  EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...STIGLER...
  LEQUIRE...KINTA...MC CURTAIN...ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...KEOTA...
  TAMAHA...BRIARTOWN...PORUM...WARNER...KEEFETON AND WEBBERS FALLS.

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

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

$$

MANNING

LAT...LON 3563 9538 3536 9534 3522 9546 3506 9533
          3508 9498 3533 9482 3549 9511 3567 951

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 6:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg82 min
Feb 19, 7:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer52 min
Feb 19, 7:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha63 min

Nearby

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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.