Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2003, 5:07 PM CDT for Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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 13, 2003, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 13, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 132207
SVRTUL
ARC131-132245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 505 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO
70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM HACKETT TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HACKETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... HARTFORD...HACKETT...
HUNTINGTON...MIDLAND...EXCELSIOR...MANSFIELD AND BONANZA.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HIGH
WINDS AND MAY BE OVERTURNED.
LAT...LON 3511 9415 3509 9419 3509 9422 3508 9424
3506 9423 3496 9423 3495 9444 3525 9444
3517 9420 3515 9414What 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 13, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 5:05 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 505 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 BOW SEGMENT OVER NRN LE FLORE COUNTY CONTINUES TO RIDE ALONG ERN EDGE OF INSTABILITY AXIS...AND FORWARD SPEED HAS RECENTLY ACCELERATED TO 45-50 MPH. EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER MUCH OF NRN AND CNTRL LE FLORE COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY INTO SRN SEBASTIAN COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. FORECAST ID = 18 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... ...CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS FROM SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDESTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF A PONCA CITY TO TULSA TO FORT SMITH. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TONIGHT AS A VIGOROUS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST. A SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST COMBINED WITH THIS UPPER SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS KANSAS THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL LIKELY FORM A COMPLEX AS THEY MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS AND INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES COMBINED WITH AMPLE LIFT FROM THE COLD FRONT AND A FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS MAY RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT FOR THURSDAY...BUT RETURN FOR FRIDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 13, 11:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1152 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM MIAMI OK 1.00 IN HAIL
05/13/03 OTTAWA POLICE DEPT
PSSpecial weather statement, May 13, 11:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
OKZ055-131730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1159 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1159 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES COPAN AND DEWEY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM THROUGH 1230 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
OKZ062-067-132015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 211 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MAYES AND NORTHERN WAGONER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 211 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ROGERS COUNTY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MAYES AND NORTHERN WAGONER COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ060>063-066>076-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 216 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #361 UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY 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 15 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR DELAWARE MAYES OKMULGEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS... FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MCALESTER... MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...OKMULGEE...OZARK...POTEAU... PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS... SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN... WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ060>063-066>076-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #361. AREAS CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: DELAWARE MAYES ROGERS TULSA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BROKEN ARROW...CLAREMORE...JAY...PRYOR... SAND SPRINGS AND TULSA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #361 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY 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 11 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR OKMULGEE WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...CEDARVILLE... EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUNTSVILLE... MCALESTER...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...OKMULGEE... OZARK...POTEAU...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE... STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...VAN BUREN...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:38 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ066>076-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 438 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #361. AREAS CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL MADISON WASHINGTON IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR WAGONER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...ROGERS...SILOAM SPRINGS... SPRINGDALE...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH AND WAGONER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #361 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING 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 8 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: OKMULGEE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CEDARVILLE...EUFAULA...FORT SMITH... MCALESTER...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...OKMULGEE... 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 13, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 37 min |
| May 13, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 44 min |
| May 13, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 39 min |
| May 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 28 min |
| May 13, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 44 min |
| May 13, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 50 min |
| May 13, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 4 hr |
| May 13, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.