Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 461
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 2, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT for 8 counties in Arkansas; McDonald County, Missouri; 40 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties
Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Howard County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, McDonald County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne 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, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 2:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 2 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 2:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Polk, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Jefferson and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 7 more | 113 min |
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Phillips | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 5 more | 119 min |
| Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Harper | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Comanche, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 6 more | 95 min |
| Jun 1, 11:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 22 more | 91 min |
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cimarron | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2003
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.