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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 14, 2003Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2003, 11:54 PM CST for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2003, 11:54 PM CST (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2003, 12:45 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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
Feb 14, 11:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2003-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 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 2003-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 150554
SVRTUL
OKC143-150645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1155 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST

* AT 1154 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14
  MILES WEST OF GLENPOOL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...
  BIXBY...JENKS...GLENPOOL AND BROKEN ARROW.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
Feb 15, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee57 min
Feb 15, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner61 min
Feb 15, 12:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa17 min
Feb 15, 12:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes67 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.