Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Moyers, OK | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew the tops out of a few trees and damaged a few carports. |
| Jul 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Antlers, OK | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154 WUUS54 KTSA 242215 SVRTUL OKC127-242300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 514 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 514 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOSOMA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ANTLERS... MOYERS...KOSOMA...STANLEY...KELLOND AND DUNBAR. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3460 9577 3439 9583 3416 9555 3457 9545
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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.