Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2002, 2:43 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2002, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 131943 SVRTUL OKC023-127-132045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 242 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 242 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANLEY TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HUGO... GOODLAND...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...BOSWELL...SOPER...MESSER... KENT...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...RATTAN...CLOUDY...MOYERS...KOSOMA... SNOW...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...OLETA...KELLOND AND DUNBAR. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED NORTH OF BOSWELL AT 217 PM. DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 5 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW. LAT...LON 3469 9554 3389 9599 3394 9518 3465 9497
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 Jun 13, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1030 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 CURRENT FORECAST IN DECENT SHAPE. SLOW MOVING TSRA COMPLEX ACROSS CENTRAL OK MOVING TO THE E-SE. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW FROM COMPLEX. CURRENT POPS LOOK GOOD. DISRUPTED SFC FLOW FROM ONGOING TSRA HAS MADE DECIPHERING TRUE FRONTAL POSITION A CHALLENGE. BEST GUESS HAS FRONT EXTENDING FROM ERN THROUGH SW KS. ONLY REAL CHANGE THIS UPDATE IS TO RAISE TEMPS A CATEGORY OVER SE OK WHERE AMPLE SUN HAS RESULTED IN A FAST WARMUP. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS. UPDATED ZONES OUT BY 1545Z. FCSTID =23 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1039 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0614 PM 12 W BURBANK OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 OSAGE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
0825 PM FAIRFAX OK 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/12/02 OSAGE REPORTED BY FAIRFAX PD.
0900 PM FAIRFAX OK FLASH FLOODS
06/12/02 OSAGE MAIN STREET CLOSED IN
FAIRFAX WITH FOOT OF
WATER OVER ROAD. REPORTED
BY FAIRFAX PD.
1020 PM 6 SE TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 TULSA TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR 75TH
AND MINGO. REPORTED BY NWS
EMPLOYEE.
1025 PM BROKEN ARROW OK WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 TULSA TREE DOWN NEAR 101ST AND
145TH EAST AVE. REPORTED BY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
1145 PM OKEMAH OK WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 OKFUSKEE TREE LIMBS AND A SIGN
BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
EOC.Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA / NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 ...A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. INDIVIDUAL STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DISCUSSION... AMPLE SUNSHINE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING HAS RESULTED IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST...EVENTUALLY TAPPING INTO THE INSTABILITY (LIFTED INDICES -5 TO -8) OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL LINGER BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CLEAR THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. THIS MAY ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. DRIER MORE STABLE AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA FOR TOMORROW. RISK TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC FRIDAY AREA 1...EAST OF A GRAVETTE ARKANSAS TO BOSWELL OKLAHOMA LINE THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...50 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 RISK AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. .OTHER HAZARDS... ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LAST NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OR MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 49 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.