Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 75 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, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 3689 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.7
- Supercell composite
- 23.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883 WUUS54 KTSA 101945 SVRTUL OKC091-121-102100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 243 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 243 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF SCIPIO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * AT 243 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURGH COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUFAULA... CHECOTAH...HANNA...RAIFORD...VIVIAN...STIDHAM...RENTIESVILLE... SCIPIO...BLOCKER...CROWDER...QUINTON...INDIANOLA AND CANADIAN. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE WESTERN MOST STORM...WHILE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN MOST STORM. 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 3503 9643 3486 9634 3507 9536 3558 9540
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, 2:05 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:05 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 205 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 A LARGE HEAVY PRECIPITATION SUPERCELL HAS EVOLVED IN SOUTHEAST OKALHOMA. TWO MORE CLASSIC SUPERCELLS WERE MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RECENT LOW-LEVEL STORM-RELATIVE HELICITY ANALYSIS FOR THE 3 CELLS IS RATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN STORM. VERY LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH THE SUPERCELL MOVING INTO MCINTOSH AND PITTSBURG CO. FORECAST ID=08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes 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
Local storm report, May 10, 2:24 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0224 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0219 PM 7 E HANNA OK 2.75 IN HAIL
05/10/03 MCINTOSH
SPLocal storm report, May 10, 2:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0226 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0224 PM 3 W EUFAULA OK 1.00 IN HAIL
05/10/03 MCINTOSH
SPLocal storm report, May 10, 2:28 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0228 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0228 PM EUFAULA OK 1.00 IN HAIL
05/10/03 MCINTOSH
SPLocal storm report, May 10, 2:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0230 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM 7 N SCIPIO OK 2.00 IN HAIL
05/10/03 PITTSBURG
SPLocal storm report, May 10, 2:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0234 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0135 PM 2 N VERA OK 1.75 IN HAIL
05/10/03 WASHINGTON
SPLocal storm report, May 10, 2:39 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0239 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0232 PM 6 NE CANADIAN OK FX TORNADO
05/10/03 PITTSBURG
SPThe 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, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 44 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, 2:59 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
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.