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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 413, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 18, 2003Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2003, 10:48 AM CST for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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
Nov 18, 2003, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2003, 11:30 AM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rogers County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 2003-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 357 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 181648
SVRTUL
OKC131-181730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
1048 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1048 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4
  MILES SOUTH OF OOLOGAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLAREMORE...FOYIL...OOLOGAH...
  TALALA...TIAWAH AND VERDIGRIS

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3651 9581 3618 9582 3619 9545 3661 9544

$$

WR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 9:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa34 min
Nov 18, 10:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa28 min
Nov 18, 10:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee39 min
Nov 18, 10:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Wagoner24 min
Nov 18, 10:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig41 min
Nov 18, 10:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa25 min
Nov 18, 10:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa34 min
Nov 18, 10:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig52 min
Nov 18, 10:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa47 min
Nov 18, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa34 min
Nov 18, 11:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers45 min
Nov 18, 11:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner49 min
Nov 18, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee38 min
Nov 18, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes51 min
Nov 18, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa27 min
Nov 18, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee40 min
Nov 18, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah44 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.