Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 836
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 4, 2003, 5:05 PM CDT for 20 counties in Oklahoma; Collingsworth County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2003, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 47 min |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 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.