Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2003, 10:53 AM CST for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2003, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Craig County, OK
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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 181653 SVRTUL OKC035-181745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1053 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1145 AM CST * AT 1053 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF VINITA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUEJACKET...VINITA AND WELCH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS LIKELY. LAT...LON 3678 9530 3660 9526 3665 9501 3692 9502 $$ WR
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 Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 23 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1030 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 WILL BE SENDING UPDATE FOR TSTMS. SPC WILL LIKELY BE ISSUING A WATCH FOR MUCH OF NE OK IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. FORECAST ID= 13 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 10:53 AM CST, 0 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-191200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1053 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA TODAY. UNSTABLE AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND AN EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE UPPER SYSTEM OUT OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. CJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 10:03 AM CST, 50 minutes before
OKZ054-059-064-181615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1003 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CREEK...OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF TERLTON AT 1003 AM CST...MOVING NORTH EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WR
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 10:13 AM CST, 40 minutes before
OKZ060-061-067-181630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1013 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ROGERS...TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CATOOSA AT 1013 AM CST... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN ROGERS...TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CLAREMORE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WR
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 10:25 AM CST, 28 minutes before
OKZ057-181645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1025 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CRAIG COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUEJACKET AT 1025 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WR
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 10:40 AM CST, 13 minutes before
OKZ058-181700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1040 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR OTTAWA COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MIAMI AT 1040 AM CST. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. WR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 9:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 34 min |
| Nov 18, 10:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 28 min |
| Nov 18, 10:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Nov 18, 10:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 24 min |
| Nov 18, 10:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 41 min |
| Nov 18, 10:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 25 min |
| Nov 18, 10:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 42 min |
| Nov 18, 10:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 34 min |
| Nov 18, 10:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 47 min |
| Nov 18, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 34 min |
| Nov 18, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 45 min |
| Nov 18, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 49 min |
| Nov 18, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 38 min |
| Nov 18, 12:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 51 min |
| Nov 18, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 27 min |
| Nov 18, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 40 min |
| Nov 18, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 44 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.