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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2003Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1867 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 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
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

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The text

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

501 
WUUS54 KTSA 102100
SVRTUL
OKC115-102200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
358 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS CONTINUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 358 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF QUAPAW TO 7 MILES 
  SOUTHWEST OF NARCISSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PEORIA AND SOUTHWEST OF NARCISSA.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MIAMI...
  FAIRLAND...NARCISSA...WYANDOTTE AND QUAPAW.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 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 3699 9477 3683 9500 3669 9502 3671 9467
          3700 9460

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, 3:42 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:42 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
342 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

LARGE SEVERE STORM MOVING INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY ARKANSAS SHOULD HAVE
INCREASING WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL TO ACCOMPNAY THE GIANT HAIL THAT
HAS BEEN OCCURRING.  RECENT RADAR IMAGES SHOW A DRY AIR CHANNEL
DEVELOPING INTO THE BACK SIDE OF THE REFLECTIVITY...INDICATING A
PROLONG DAMAGGING WIND EVENING MAY BE ABOUT TO START.

FORECAST ID=08

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 3:31 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0331 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM    7 N MULDROW               OK   2.75 IN HAIL
05/10/03   SEQUOYAH

SP
Local storm report, May 10, 3:47 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0347 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    FIGURE FIVE               AR   2.75 IN HAIL
05/10/03   CRAWFORD

SP
Local storm report, May 10, 3:50 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0350 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0349 PM    FORT SMITH                AR   0.88 IN HAIL
05/10/03   SEBASTIAN

SP
Local storm report, May 10, 3:51 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0351 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0347 PM    2 S CEDARVILLE            AR   1.00 IN HAIL
05/10/03   CRAWFORD

SP
Local storm report, May 10, 3:53 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0353 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0353 PM    FORT SMITH                AR   1.00 IN HAIL
05/10/03   SEBASTIAN

SP
Local storm report, May 10, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0355 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0355 PM    VAN BUREN                 AR   1.00 IN HAIL
05/10/03   CRAWFORD

SP

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, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee43 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, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore34 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.