Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2003, 6:55 AM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 12, 2003, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2003, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adair County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 121155
SVRTUL
OKC001-121245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
655 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 655 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHRISTIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARIETTA...
STILWELL...BUNCH...BARON AND CHRISTIE.
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 3607 9460 3594 9482 3567 9479 3564 9449
3576 9448
$$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 Jul 12, 3:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 339 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 NOT MUCH TIME THIS MORNING TO WORK ON THE AFD. A VERY GOOD FORECAST TO START WITH AND WILL ONLY SMOOTH IT AND UPDATE THE FIRST PERIOD REFLECTING THE CURRENT TRENDS AND WATCH. LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE ACTION WILL BE THIS MORNING WITH THINGS TAPERING OFF AFTER THAT. TEMPS LOOK OK FOR THE TIME BEING. TUL 91 71 91 70 / 60 20 10 10 FSM 92 71 91 70 / 50 20 20 10 MLC 93 71 92 71 / 50 20 20 10 BVO 89 70 89 70 / 60 20 10 10 FYV 87 65 87 66 / 60 20 10 10 BYV 85 65 86 68 / 60 20 10 10 MKO 90 70 92 71 / 50 20 20 10 MIO 88 70 86 70 / 60 20 10 10 F10 91 70 92 71 / 50 20 20 10 HHW 93 71 91 72 / 30 20 20 10 FORECAST ID= 15 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 6:00 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AS THE LOW LEVEL JET REMAINS ACTIVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE AS THE ELEVATED INSTABILITIES REMAIN HIGH. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID-MORNING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS. A FEW ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA DESTABILIZES DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS WELL WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. 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 CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HOT AND DRY MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
ARZ002-120830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
229 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CARROLL
AT 229 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DENVER...DELMAR...CONNOR...
CARROLLTON...RULE AND COIN.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ001-010-120800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
232 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON AND WASHINGTON
AT 232 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
EAST OF GALLITIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WALNUT GROVE...HICKS...ROCKY
COMFORT...FAIRMOUNT...HARMON...GALLITIN...HIGHFILL...FAYETTEVILLE...
WEST FORK...PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...HOGEYE...WOOLSEY...SULPHUR
CITY...BLACK OAK...GREENLAND...VINEY GROVE...WEDINGTON...SAVOY...
WHEELER AND TONTITOWN.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019-OKZ054>063-067>070-121300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 309 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #730 UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON...CLAREMORE... EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI... MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...NOWATA...OZARK...PAWHUSKA... PAWNEE...PRYOR...ROGERS...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS... SPRINGDALE...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA AND WAGONER.
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ001-120900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
332 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON
AT 332 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PEA RIDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN BENTON COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS THROUGH 400 AM CDT.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OKZ062-063-068-069-121145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
542 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
DELAWARE...MAYES AND ADAIR
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE
AT 542 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST
OF COLCORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MARIETTA...STILWELL...BARON...
CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...WESTVILLE...BALLARD...WATTS...OAKS...LEACH...
TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...COLCORD...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...TAHLEQUAH...
ELDON...PEGGS...SCRAPER...LOCUST GROVE...ROSE AND SALINA.
A LARGE PORTION OF DELAWARE...MAYES...CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 645 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:44 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
ARZ010-019-OKZ068-069-072-121245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
644 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WASHINGTON AND CRAWFORD
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE AND SEQUOYAH
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ADAIR
AT 644 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF BALLARD TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TAHLEQUAH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD...CHEROKEE...ADAIR AND
SEQUOYAH COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 745 AM
CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.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.