Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 2:01 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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 10, 2003, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Craig County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 101901 SVRTUL OKC035-101945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 200 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 200 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FAR NORTHWEST CRAIG COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST CRAIG COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUST TO 60 MPH 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 3700 9543 3687 9543 3718 9458 3740 9474
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 10, 1:33 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:33 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 133 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 CELL ON THE TULSA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY ROADS HAS BECOME A SUPERCELL. THE REFLECTIVITY APPEARANCE IS IMPROVING AND A MESOCYCLONE IS ORGANIZING. A TORNADO THREAT IS INCREASING WITH THIS CELL. FORECAST ID=08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE FROM NEAR BARTLESVILLE TO JUST EAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO WITCHITA FALLS. THIS LINE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. RICH MOISTURE...EXTREME INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS WILL LEAD TO SOME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. A SQUALL LINE WILL EVENTUALLY EVOLVE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS AND IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ALSO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL KEEP THE WEATHER QUIET FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS BY AROUND TUESDAY. MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS 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 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #338 UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CLAREMORE... CLAYTON...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH... HUGO...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MCALESTER...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG... MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK... PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL... TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 59 min |
| May 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 43 min |
| May 9, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| May 9, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 65 min |
| May 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 9, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| May 10, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 54 min |
| May 10, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 68 min |
| May 10, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 48 min |
| May 10, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 56 min |
| May 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 52 min |
| May 10, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 65 min |
| May 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 70 min |
| May 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 53 min |
| May 10, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 65 min |
| May 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 53 min |
| May 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 75 min |
| May 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 57 min |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 60 min |
| May 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 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.