Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 425, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2003, 2:55 PM CST for Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 20 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, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2003, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 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 182055 SVRTUL ARC047-131-182115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 250 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 250 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GREENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF HARTFORD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLOOMER...BRANCH...BURNVILLE... EXCELSIOR...FT CHAFFEE...GREENWOOD...HACKETT...HARTFORD... HUNTINGTON...JENNY LIND...LAVACA...MANSFIELD...MIDLAND AND WASHBURN HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. LAT...LON 3520 9443 3494 9443 3533 9382 3549 9402 $$ CMS
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, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours 25 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, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour 40 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 115 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING... .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 AND STRONG WINDS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE 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 AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. CJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 12:03 PM CST, 2 hours 52 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, 2 hours 32 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 TULSASpecial weather statement, Nov 18, 12:50 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OKZ071-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 1250 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF CHECOTAH AT 1250 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. WR
Local storm report, Nov 18, 1:08 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 AM TULSA OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 TULSA 11TH ST AND US 169
NWS EMPLOYEE
950 AM TULSA OK 2.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 TULSA 31ST AND HARVARD PUBLIC
950 AM TULSA OK 2.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 TULSA 21ST AND HARVARD PUBLIC
1030 AM 1 S COLLINSVILLE OK 0.88 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 TULSA PUBLIC
1034 AM 12 W CLAREMORE OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 ROGERS PUBLIC
1040 AM MANNFORD OK 1.25 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 CREEK PUBLIC
1045 AM 7 N ONETA OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 WAGONER WAGONER/TULSA COUNTY LINE
AT 11TH ST. NWS EMPLOYEE
1145 AM CLAREMORE OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 TULSA PUBLIC
1200 PM 5 N BEGGS OK 1.50 INCH HAIL
11/18/03 OKMULGEE PUBLIC
1240 PM 10 S SALINA OK WIND DAMAGE
11/18/03 MAYES TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
MAYES COUNTY EOCSpecial weather statement, Nov 18, 1:59 PM CST, 56 minutes before
ARZ001-010-OKZ068>070-072-074-182030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 159 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ADAIR...BENTON...CHEROKEE... HASKELL...MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BENTONVILLE AND SILOAM SPRINGS...SOUTHWESTWARD TO TAHLEQUAH...TO GORE...TO NEAR STIGLER AT 159 PM CST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ALONG THIS LINE.
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 2:31 PM CST, 24 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-069-072-074>076-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK 231 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ADAIR...BENTON...CARROLL... CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MADISON... PUSHMATAHA...SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A FEW OF THESE MAY PRODUCE HAIL APPROACHING 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH THROUGH 3 PM. CMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.