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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 2003Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2003, 12:14 AM CDT for Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 2, 2003, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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
Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

117 
WUUS54 KTSA 020514
SVRTUL
OKC113-143-020600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1214 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1214 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  SAND SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAND
  SPRINGS...OWASSO...SPERRY...SKIATOOK AND COLLINSVILLE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES 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 3612 9631 3601 9614 3642 9565 3645 9599

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 Jun 1, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
943 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

DISC...
GIVENS INCLUDE...CWA IN FOR THUNDER OVERNIGHT
INTO MONDAY. INCH TOTAL PRECIP A FAIR BET ALL
PLACES WITH MUCH LOCALLY MUCH HIGHER POSSIBLE.
H850 MOIST AXIS FROM NORTHERN LA > SE OK AND
CENTRAL OK.   H700 MOIST AXIS DISPLACED NORTH
OVER AR AND NE CORNER OK. CWA AREA SANDWICHED
BETWEEN WESTERN KS MCS AND SW OK / N TX MCS.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES LIKELY IN EXCESS OF
1.75 BY 12Z.   MOST LOGICAL SCENARIO SEEMS TO
FAVOR CWA WIDE MCS WITH HEAVIEST PRECIP NORTH-
EAST HALF CWA.   (ABOVE ONLY RANKS ONE ON THE
PIZZA ORDERED SCALE).  GW
---------------------------------------------

TUL   64   76   60   79  / 90   60   10   20
FSM   63   77   60   80  / 80   80   10   20
MLC   65   79   61   80  / 90   60   10   20
BVO   61   74   56   77  / 90   60   10   20
FYV   60   72   52   75  / 80   80   10   20
BYV   59   72   51   73  / 80   80   10   20
MKO   64   76   60   80  / 90   60   10   20
MIO   60   73   56   75  / 90   80   10   20
F10   63   78   60   80  / 90   60   10   20
HHW   68   80   61   81  / 80   80   10   20

FORECAST ID= 21

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
720 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK

...HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE WITH OVERNIGHT STORMS...

A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IS
EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES TOWARD WESTERN
ARKANSAS WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED.

OF MORE IMPORTANCE IS A LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS NOW ORGANIZING OVER
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE PANHANDLES.  THESE STORMS WILL ACCLERATE
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO MOVE INTO EASTERN OKAHOMA AFTER
1AM.  WHILE THE STORMS SHOULD HAVE PEAKED BEFORE ARRIVING INTO THE
REGION...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
HEAVY RAINFALL.  THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT MOST OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  THE AXIS
OF GREATEST WIND AND RAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND A
LITTLE SOUTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR.

WIDESPREAD 1/2 TO 1 INCH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA BY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 2 INCHES LIKELY.
THE RAIN AND STORMS STILL IN PROGRESS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS AT SUNRISE.

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK
WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. DRY WEATHER IS
EXPECTED BY NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
OKZ054-059-064>065-020632-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
732 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#458 UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA:

OKFUSKEE

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA:

CREEK                 OSAGE                 PAWNEE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRISTOW...OKEMAH...PAWHUSKA AND PAWNEE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER
INFORMATION...INCLUDING RELATED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND AT:
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OKZ054-059-064>065-020700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 458 CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA COUNTIES...

OKFUSKEE...CREEK...OSAGE AND PAWNEE.

AT LATE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS
INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA.  THIS AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO ACCLERATE
TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING PARTS OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN ONE AND 2AM.

THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH THE STORMS.

IN ADDITION...NEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVERHEAD IN THE WATCH
AREA PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE STORMS FROM THE WEST.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER
INFORMATION...INCLUDING RELATED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND AT:
WWW.SRH.WEATHER.GOV/TULSA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek44 min
Jun 2, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee49 min
Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee44 min
Jun 2, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa52 min
Jun 2, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee43 min
Jun 2, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Jun 2, 2:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah4 hr
Jun 2, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa4 hr
Jun 2, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee2 hr

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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.