Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2003, 6:37 AM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 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, 6:37 AM CDT (11:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2003, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sebastian County, AR
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:38 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, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WUUS54 KTSA 081137 SVRTUL ARC131-081230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 636 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 636 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITH THIS STORM NEAR WISTER. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HARTFORD... HACKETT...GREENWOOD...BARLING...LAVACA...HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND... BURNVILLE...EXCELSIOR...MANSFIELD...BONANZA...JENNY LIND AND BLOOMER. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY. LAT...LON 3535 9443 3494 9445 3496 9423 3536 9408
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, 5:50 AM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 5:50 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 550 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 SUPERCELL STORM PREVIOUSLY IN PITTSBURG COUNTY LOST ITS ORGANIZATION AS THE MESOCYCLONE SEPARATED FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. THE ORPHANED MESO IS TRACKING NORTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AS OFF 545 AM...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING MORE EAST THROUGH LATIMER COUNTY. LATIMER COUNTY CELL MAY BE TRYING REORGANIZE SOME...WITH A BROAD ROTATION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT FOR ROTATION POTENTIAL. FORECAST ID = 08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 6:00 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... ONGOING CONVECTION THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LARGE HAIL AND WIND THREAT INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. A FEW ELEVATED CELLS STILL MAY DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA DURING THE MORNING AS A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET REMAINS IN PLACE...HOWEVER THE SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 7 AM CDT. CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES THIS MORNING AND WILL FURTHER DEEPEN AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY LINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE EARLY THIS MORNING...WHILE A WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRY LINE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS EAST AND IS EXPECTED TO BE IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY MID AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS ARE ALREADY IN THE LOW TO MID 70S THROUGH MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CAPPED FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM. SURFACE HEATING MAY BE LIMITED EARLY ON BY CLOUD COVER...HOWEVER ENOUGH CLEARING SHOULD TAKE PLACE THIS AFTERNOON TO ALLOW ADEQUATE SURFACE HEATING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...WITH MOST LIKELY INITIATION BY AROUND 4 PM. SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO WHETHER THE CAP CAN BE BROKEN OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE DUE TO THE VERY HIGH INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIVED SUPERCELLS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AS THE DRY LINE REMAINS TO OUR WEST AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE...BUT IT APPEARS A THIS TIME THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN CAPPED ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS SATURDAY WILL CAUSE THE DRY LINE TO PUSH EAST... BRINGING YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO MUCH OF THE AREA. DRIER AND COOLER WEATHER WILL FINALLY PREVAIL SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY TODAY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 2:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 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, 4 hours 8 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, 3 hours 17 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, 2 hours 41 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.
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OKZ071-081100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 457 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY UNTIL 600 AM CDT... AT 457 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF STIDHAM...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF CHECOTAH...STIDHAM...PIERCE AND RENTIESVILLE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 600 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:35 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
ARZ019>020-029-OKZ072-074>076-081400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 635 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #298 UNTIL 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: CRAWFORD IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: SEQUOYAH IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE...FORT SMITH...MOUNTAINBURG... NATURAL DAM...OZARK...POTEAU...SALLISAW...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 8, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 39 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.