Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2003, 1:50 AM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 2, 2003, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2003, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
984 WUUS54 KTSA 020650 SVRTUL OKC147-020730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 148 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 230 AM CDT * AT 148 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCHELATA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...VERA...RAMONA AND OCHELATA. THIS STORM HAS INTENSIFIED AS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS 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 3673 9581 3671 9601 3641 9600 3644 9582 $$
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 Aug 1, 9:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 9:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 939 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ACROSS THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 10 PM. WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE TULSA CWA THEN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS AN MCS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. WILL KEEP HIGH POPS GOING FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TO COVER THIS SCENARIO. REMAINDER OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS WILL BE OUT BY 10 PM. FORECAST ID= 10 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 2:53 PM CDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 253 PM CDT FRI AUG 01 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE DUE TO AFTERNOON HEATING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINES WITH AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET TO PRODUCE A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. INSTABILITIES WILL BE SUCH THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL AGAIN BE 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 8:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0853 PM CDT FRI AUG 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0812 PM GORE OK 60 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/01/03 SEQUOYAH REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATOR.
0705 PM HASKELL OK 58 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/01/03 MUSKOGEE MESONET REPORT
0645 PM 6 W CLAREMORE OK WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 ROGERS LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
0640 PM HECTORVILLE OK 69 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/01/03 OKMULGEE MESONET REPORT
0636 PM 3 E GLENPOOL OK 80 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/01/03 TULSA REPORTED MY NWS EMPLOYEE.
0609 PM TULSA OK 1.00 IN HAIL
08/01/03 TULSA
RJSLocal storm report, Aug 1, 9:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0901 PM CDT FRI AUG 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM KEOTA OK WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 HASKELL ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES
DOWN.
0545 PM 2 S WYNONA OK 59 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/01/03 OSAGE MESONET REPORT.
RJSLocal storm report, Aug 1, 9:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0910 PM CDT FRI AUG 01 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM FORT SMITH AR 60 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/01/03 SEBASTIAN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
0800 PM EUFAULA OK LIGHTNING
08/01/03 MCINTOSH *** 1 INJ *** PERSON
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING NEAR
THE BANK OF EUFAULA LAKE.
0630 PM KIEFER OK WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 CREEK TREE LIMBS DOWN ON HOUSES.
STORM SIREN DAMAGED.
REPORTED BY CREEK COUNTY
EOC.
RJSSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 9:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ059>072-074-076-020300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 948 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING AREAS REMAINING IN SEVERE THUDERSTORM WATCH #828. NO AREAS REMAIN IN THE WATCH. 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 16 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CREEK DELAWARE MAYES OKMULGEE PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LE FLORE MCINTOSH THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW... BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON...CLAREMORE...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUNTSVILLE...JAY... MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK... PAWNEE...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN AND WAGONER.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:04 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ054>064-066>070-072-021200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 104 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #830 UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY 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 17 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON... CLAREMORE...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH... HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM... NOWATA...OKMULGEE...OZARK...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...PRYOR...ROGERS... SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STILWELL... TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA AND WAGONER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 77 min |
| Aug 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 3 hr |
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.