Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2003, 7:52 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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 19, 2003, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Creek County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 200052 SVRTUL OKC037-200145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 751 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 751 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF DEPEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOW... SLICK...DEPEW...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3567 9671 3554 9656 3595 9599 3612 9620
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 19, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 525 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2003 COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER FAR WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTH TO NEAR A OKC/GRANFIELD LINE. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CAPPED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AS INDICATED BY STRUGGLING RADAR ECHOES FROM KINX. SEVERE THREAT WINDOW WILL BE RATHER LIMITED ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS ATMOSHPERE BEGINS TO STABILIZE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH THE GREATER INSTABILITY AXIS FOCUSED FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. FORECAST ID = 12 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 7:27 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK...CORRECTED WORDING 727 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FRONT DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. CONDITIONS SUPPORTING SEVERE STORMS ARE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE EVENING HOURS IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE REGION...AND DECREASE TOWARD THE NORTH AND EAST. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...THE ELEVATED NATURE OF THE STORMS WILL MINIMIZE THE TORNADO THREAT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE FOUND IN THE OUTLOOKS 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY AND WILL SLOW TO EXIT. COOL OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AND SEASONABLY WARM DAYS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
OKZ065-071-073-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 405 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #204 UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: OKFUSKEE IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF EUFAULA...MCALESTER AND OKEMAH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 60 min |
| May 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 52 min |
| May 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 47 min |
| May 19, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 49 min |
| May 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 57 min |
| May 19, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Rogers | 49 min |
| May 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 60 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.