Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2002, 8:42 PM CST for Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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
- Mar 24, 2002, 8:42 PM CST (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2002, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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, 8:43 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Bixby, OK | |
| Mar 24, 8:43 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Bixby, OK | |
| Mar 24, 8:54 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Broken Arrow, OK | |
| Mar 24, 9:40 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Porter, 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.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 250242 SVRTUL OKC143-145-250330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 841 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 930 PM CST * AT 841 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIXBY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIXBY... JENKS...BROKEN ARROW...WAGONER...TULLAHASSEE...PORTER...OKAY... STONEBLUFF...COWETA AND ONETA. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BIXBY AT 841 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3604 9598 3582 9599 3584 9525 3611 9541
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 Mar 24, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 57 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, 7:53 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
753 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0749 PM SAND SPRINGS OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 8:09 PM CST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
809 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0805 PM GLENPOOL OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
0803 PM 4 W OWASSO OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 TULSA REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 8:16 PM CST, 26 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, 20 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, 6 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, 3 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.
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, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 13 min |
| Mar 24, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 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.