Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 4:42 AM CDT for Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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 8, 2003, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2003, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Latimer County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 8, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756 WUUS54 KTSA 080942 SVRTUL OKC077-081045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 442 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 545 AM CDT * AT 442 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF HIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILBURTON... HIGGINS...BENGAL...DAMON AND RED OAK. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. LAT...LON 3502 9547 3480 9550 3480 9504 3506 9497
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 8, 4:20 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 4:20 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 420 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THUNDERSTORM OVER PITTSBURG COUNTY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY ORGANIZED AND IS EVOLVING INTO A SUPERCELL. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS FAVOR SUPERCELLS AND THIS CELL MAY BEGIN TO PRODUCT VERY LARGE HAIL AND HAS AN INCREASING TORNADO THREAT. LATEST SCANS SHOW A STRONG MESO DEVELOPING IN THE CELL AND A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THE LONG-LIVED SUPERCELL FURTHER SOUTH HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW A SLOW DECREASE...SEE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR MORE ON THIS STORM. FORECAST ID = 08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 11:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-081100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1110 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... A WARM FRONT IS LOCATED ALONG THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS. LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS... MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A MCALESTER...FORT SMITH LINE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY CONTINUE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND AFFECT FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS REGION WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AS A DRY LINE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHER SOUTH...ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...CONVECTION MAY BE SUPPRESSED DUE TO A STRONG CAP. HOWEVER ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ON THURSDAY WOULD LIKELY BE SEVERE. SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OKZ054>076-080900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 154 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #294. AREAS CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA ROGERS WASHINGTON THESE COUNTIES WILL BE INCLUDED IN A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #295 VALID UNTIL 700 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #167 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CREEK OKMULGEE PAWNEE TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...EUFAULA... MCALESTER...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...PAWNEE...POTEAU... SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA... WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010-OKZ054>058-061>063-081200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 158 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #295 UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL MADISON WASHINGTON IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA ROGERS WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...CLAREMORE...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE... HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI...NOWATA...PAWHUSKA...PRYOR...ROGERS... SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE AND VINITA.
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
OKZ061-067-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 222 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR ROGERS AND NORTHWEST WAGONER COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 222 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONETA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE COMMUNITIES OF CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...TIAWAH... FOYIL...BUSHYHEAD AND ONETA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 300 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
ARZ001-010-OKZ069-080815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 229 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BENTON...WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT... AT 229 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUMMERS TO 11 MILES WEST OF WATTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF BENTONVILLE...SILOAM SPRINGS...ROGERS...SULPHUR SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...LINCOLN...AND PRAIRIE GROVE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 315 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
ARZ001-080915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 320 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BENTON COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM CDT... AT 320 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENTRY TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF CAVE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF BENTONVILLE...ROGERS...GENTRY...PEA RIDGE... SPRINGTOWN...CAVE SPRINGS...DECATUR AND BELLA VISTA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 415 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:56 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
OKZ049-053-059>060-064>076-081200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 356 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #296 UNTIL 700 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CREEK OKMULGEE PAWNEE TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW... CLAYTON...EUFAULA...HUGO...MCALESTER...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...PAWNEE...POTEAU...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...STIGLER... STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 50 min |
| May 8, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 55 min |
| May 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 55 min |
| May 8, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 41 min |
| May 8, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 56 min |
| May 8, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| May 8, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 55 min |
| May 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 59 min |
| May 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 54 min |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 67 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.