Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 11:44 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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
- May 6, 2003, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 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), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
733 WUUS54 KTSA 070444 SVRTUL OKC127-070545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1144 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1143 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLAYTON... SNOW...NASHOBA...STANLEY...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. LAT...LON 3453 9550 3436 9541 3453 9493 3471 9505
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 May 6, 10:55 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:55 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1055 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 WATOR VAPOR IMAGES SHOW A STRONG JET SEGMENT PUNCHING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SO DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN LIKELY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS AS THE JET STREAK APPROACHES. INCREASING SHEAR SUGGESTS THAT A FEW CELLS WILL HAVE SOME SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS...WITH A CONTINUED WIND AND HAIL THREAT. FORECAST ID= 08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 9:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 911 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. CURRENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A WIND AND HAIL THREAT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END AT THAT TIME. WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE FOUND IN THE OUTLOOK SECTION AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. GIVEN PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN ACTIVE SPRING WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY REMAINS OVER THE AREA. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. A MORE STABLE PATTERN MAY FINALLY TAKE OVER BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 700 PM. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 6, 9:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0912 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0820 PM TALIHINA OK 1.00 IN HAIL
05/06/03 LE FLORE
0817 PM CLAYTON OK 1.00 IN HAIL
05/06/03 PUSHMATAHA
0810 PM YANUSH OK 0.75 IN HAIL
05/06/03 LATIMER
0805 PM STANLEY OK 0.75 IN HAIL
05/06/03 PUSHMATAHA
0717 PM PANAMA OK 70 MPH TSTORM WIND
05/06/03 LE FLORE ESTIMATED WIND BY SPOTTER
0455 PM OKTAHA OK 1.00 IN HAIL
05/06/03 MUSKOGEE
GMLocal storm report, May 6, 10:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0511 PM 3 SE KEEFETON OK F0 TORNADO
05/06/03 MUSKOGEE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN REPORTED
BY CHASER IN OPEN COUNTRY.
SPLocal storm report, May 6, 10:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM 6 N OZARK AR 1.75 IN HAIL
05/06/03 FRANKLIN
SPSpecial weather statement, May 6, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OKZ075-070415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1036 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR LATIMER COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1036 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PANOLA TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF HIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF WILBURTON...HIGGINS...BENGAL...DAMON ...PANOLA AND RED OAK WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 1115 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 6, 10:57 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
ARZ002-011-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1057 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR CARROLL AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 1057 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF CONNOR TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF HARMONY...OSAGE...DRYFORK...METALTON... RUDD...CONNOR...CABANAL...RULE...HUNTSVILLE...KINGSTON...HINDSVILLE ...FORUM...GEORGETOWN...MARBLE...ALABAM...CLIFTY AND ROCKHOUSE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 6, 11:27 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
ARZ002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053-072-074>076-071000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1127 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #279 UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: SEQUOYAH IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BERRYVILLE...CEDARVILLE... CLAYTON...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO... HUNTSVILLE...MOUNTAINBURG...NATURAL DAM...OZARK...POTEAU... SALLISAW...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...VAN BUREN AND WILBURTON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 57 min |
| May 6, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 77 min |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 75 min |
| May 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 80 min |
| May 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 65 min |
| May 6, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 57 min |
| May 7, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 44 min |
| May 7, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.