Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 354, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2003, 5:25 AM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2003, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 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 nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
653 WUUS54 KTSA 021025 SVRTUL OKC101-021130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 525 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 630 AM CDT * AT 525 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MUSKOGEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PUMPKIN CENTER...MUSKOGEE...BRAGGS AND FORT GIBSON. 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 3580 9546 3565 9546 3565 9510 3583 9514 $$
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 2, 4:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 4:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 409 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003 DISC... -------------------------------------------- BUSY NIGHT. MCS SLOWLY EVOLVING INTO BROAD AREA OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. ALL SLIDING SOUTHEAST. PWA VALUES IN 1.75 > 2.00 RANGE. CWA WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WATCH IF MORE THAN AN ISOLATED FLOOD AFFAIR. ACTION SLIDES SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH OLD BOUNDARY. NORTHWEST FLOW WITH WEAK EMBEDED SHORT WAVE ROTATING AROUND GREAT LAKES LOW MAY PROVIDE MORE TSRA TONIGHT. GW ==========================================- TUL 90 71 94 71 / 70 30 20 20 FSM 90 71 91 71 / 80 40 20 20 MLC 93 73 93 72 / 50 40 20 20 BVO 88 67 94 68 / 70 20 20 20 FYV 85 67 86 66 / 80 40 20 20 BYV 85 66 88 68 / 80 50 20 20 MKO 91 71 92 72 / 70 40 20 20 MIO 87 68 91 69 / 70 30 20 20 F10 92 72 94 72 / 60 40 20 20 HHW 95 76 95 74 / 50 40 20 20 FORECAST ID= 21 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 310 AM CDT SAT AUG 02 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 ...CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP INTO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX...PUSHING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AROUND SUNRISE. HAIL TO THE SIZE NICKELS AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE STRONGER STORMS. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG ANY RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PRODUCED FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS. AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS TONIGHT...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS DISTURBANCES MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER THE UPPER RIDGE. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 700 AM CDT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 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.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
OKZ060-020815-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
238 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA
AT 238 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OWASSO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...BIXBY...JENKS...
OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY AND BROKEN ARROW.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.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, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 40 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, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 3 hr |
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.