Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2003, 3:54 AM CDT for Cherokee County, McIntosh County, Muskogee 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2003, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2003, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cherokee County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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 22, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1551 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 220854
SVRTUL
OKC021-091-101-220945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
354 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 445 AM CDT
* AT 354 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT GIBSON TO 6
MILES EAST OF BOYNTON TO 17 MILES WEST OF COUNCIL HILL...MOVING
SOUTH AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...PUMPKIN
CENTER...KEEFETON...EUFAULA...CHECOTAH...HANNA...RAIFORD...
VIVIAN...STIDHAM...RENTIESVILLE...MUSKOGEE...COUNCIL HILL...
WARNER...OKTAHA...BOYNTON...BRAGGS...TAFT AND FORT GIBSON.
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3555 9574 3568 9572 3577 9555 3584 9525
3597 9524 3582 9495 3537 9531 3519 9575
3516 9598 3539 9592
$$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 22, 3:10 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:10 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 310 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A LARGE UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEASTERN CANADA AND A STRONG UPPER HIGH PARKED OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES IS RESULTING IN FAIRLY STRONG MID AND UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. A FAIRLY STRONG SURFACE FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY SOUTHWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS. ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTHWARD. PRECIP WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NORTHERLY WIND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER AND DRYER AIR...PROVIDING A COUPLE OF VERY MILD DAYS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. DURING THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE SEMI PERMANENT SUMMERTIME UPPER HIGH OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BUILDS EASTWARD. THIS WILL PLACE THE SOUTHERN PLAINS UNDER WEAK UPPER FLOW...THUS PROVIDING A PERIOD OF DRY AND TRANQUIL WEATHER. A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE MORE THAN A WINDSHIFT ON SUNDAY BEFORE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE INTENSIFIES DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THIS ALL TRANSLATES TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD BEING ESSENTIALLY POP FREE WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. ASIDE FROM INITIALIZING DAY SEVEN...MADE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO EXTENDED GRIDS. TUL 89 65 88 64 / 50 5 5 5 FSM 89 65 89 62 / 50 10 5 5 MLC 93 65 89 63 / 40 10 5 5 BVO 87 62 87 61 / 40 5 5 5 FYV 82 58 83 55 / 60 5 5 5 BYV 80 60 82 55 / 70 5 5 5 MKO 89 65 88 64 / 50 5 5 5 MIO 82 61 83 60 / 60 0 5 5 F10 93 66 88 64 / 40 10 5 5 HHW 96 68 89 65 / 30 10 5 5 FORECAST ID= 06 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 9:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 945 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK SEVERAL WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING....WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER 3 AM. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS BORDER. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OF LATE ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE SOMEWHAT DURING THE WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY RUNNING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY AS A STORM COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOOK TO BE DRY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
OKZ058-220630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1237 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OTTAWA
AT 1237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PICHER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...WYANDOTTE...
OTTAWA...PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND PICHER.
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 22, 1:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ054>072-074-076-221300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 118 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #795 UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING 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 21 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LE FLORE MCINTOSH THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON... CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH... HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM... NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU... PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS... SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN... VINITA AND WAGONER.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OKZ054>057-061-220830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
232 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG AND ROGERS
AT 232 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF LENAPAH TO 7 MILES WEST OF
TALLANT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...VERA...RAMONA...OCHELATA...DEWEY...
NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN...WATOVA...TALALA...AVANT...
WOLCO...BARNSDALL...TALLANT...BARTLESVILLE...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW AND
CENTRAILIA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:01 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
OKZ060>062-067-220900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
301 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ROGERS...MAYES...TULSA AND WAGONER
AT 301 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CHELSEA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF SAND
SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...LIBERTY...GRAY...CLAREMORE...INOLA...CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...
TIAWAH...FOYIL...OOLOGAH...BUSHYHEAD...TALALA...CHELSEA...TULSA...
LEONARD...BIXBY...JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...
COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...ONETA...PRYOR AND ADAIR.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 50 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.