Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 423, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2003, 12:35 PM CST for Muskogee 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
- Nov 18, 2003, 12:35 PM CST (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2003, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Muskogee 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 181835
SVRTUL
OKC101-181915-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
1232 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 115 PM CST
* AT 1232 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASKELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BOYNTON...HASKELL...MUSKOGEE...
OKTAHA AND TAFT
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY.
LAT...LON 3584 9575 3558 9569 3556 9541 3582 9534
3578 9560 3585 9567
$$
WRWhat 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, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 2 hours 5 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, 12:30 PM CST, 5 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 1230 PM 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 SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH LARGE HAIL. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AREA AND DAYTIME HEATING ENDS. MEANWHILE... STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. .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 MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. CJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 10:13 AM CST, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 10 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, 1 hour 55 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
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 11:45 AM CST, 50 minutes before
OKZ060-067-181800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1145 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHERN TULSA AND WAGONER COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONETA AT 1145 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WR
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 12:03 PM CST, 32 minutes before
OKZ066-181815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1203 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR OKMULGEE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF BEGGS AT 1203 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WR
Local storm report, Nov 18, 12:23 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1223 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM NWS FORECAST OFFICE OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 TULSAThe 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, 10:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 52 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, 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.