Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 288
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 12, 2002, 1:15 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2002, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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.
Warnings issued inside it
49 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 42 min |
| May 12, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 46 min |
| May 12, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 16 min |
| May 12, 2:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar | 33 min |
| May 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Polk | 6 hr |
| May 12, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 37 min |
| May 12, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 43 min |
| May 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Pulaski | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas | 6 hr |
| May 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 37 min |
| May 12, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 43 min |
| May 12, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 40 min |
| May 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede | 51 min |
| May 12, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 48 min |
| May 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 45 min |
| May 12, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dade | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Laclede, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Wright | 40 min |
| May 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 39 min |
| May 12, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Pulaski, Texas | 44 min |
| May 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 53 min |
| May 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Phelps | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin | 45 min |
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 39 min |
| May 12, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 66 min |
| May 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 57 min |
| May 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 50 min |
| May 12, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 47 min |
| May 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 62 min |
| May 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 46 min |
| May 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 49 min |
| May 12, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 42 min |
| May 12, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 49 min |
| May 12, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 43 min |
| May 12, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, St. Clair | 40 min |
| May 12, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 51 min |
| May 12, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| May 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Hickory | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 12, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 31 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper | 38 min |
| May 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 3 hr |
| May 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 45 min |
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Harper, Harvey and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 5 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.