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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 9, 2003Creek County, Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2003, 11:47 PM CDT for Creek County, Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2003, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

442 
WUUS54 KTSA 100447
SVRTUL
OKC037-113-117-100530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1146 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1146 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANNFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MANNFORD...
  SAND SPRINGS...SKIATOOK...TERLTON AND WESTPORT.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WINDS OF 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE 
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3620 9658 3593 9638 3609 9603 3643 9603

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee59 min
May 9, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington43 min
May 9, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata66 min
May 9, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek65 min
May 9, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa51 min
May 10, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek54 min
May 10, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa56 min
May 10, 1:15 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa45 min
May 10, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner68 min
May 10, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner46 min
May 10, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes48 min
May 10, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee56 min
May 10, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
May 10, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee49 min
May 10, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee42 min
May 10, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington65 min
May 10, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington70 min
May 10, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
May 10, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig44 min
May 10, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee65 min
May 10, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig53 min
May 10, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg75 min
May 10, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah46 min
May 10, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa57 min
May 10, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers31 min
May 10, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair38 min
May 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa60 min
May 10, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore34 min

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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.