Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 427, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 2003, 5:14 PM CST for Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
- Dec 22, 2003, 5:14 PM CST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2003, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 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 222314 SVRTUL OKC113-143-222345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 514 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 514 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPERRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SPERRY AND SKIATOOK. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3622 9618 3619 9602 3643 9582 3644 9603 $$
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 Dec 22, 4:55 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 4:55 PM CST, 19 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 455 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... WHILE CONVECTION HAS INCREASED ACROSS THE AREA...CELL HAVE THUS FAR REMAINED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. VILS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S AND 50 DBZ CORES TO 20 TO 25 THOUSAND FEET ARE OUR INITIAL THRESHOLDS UNTIL WE RECEIVE A REPORT. SO FAR NOT EVEN A SMALL HAIL REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. FORECAST ID= 08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 3:45 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 345 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231200- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CST FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA. STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SHIFTS EAST HOWEVER WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION...SURFACE DEW POINTS HAVE RISEN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT...LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF MINUS 2 TO MINUS 4 DEGREES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE SUB-CLOUD LAYER REMAINS RELATIVELY DRY...HOWEVER STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND LAPSE RATES OF 7-8C/KM WILL SUSTAIN THE STRONGER UPDRAFTS. SHEAR VECTOR ORIENTATION SUGGESTS A LINEAR MCS WITH EMBEDDED BOW ECHOS WHILE LOW WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS /<8000FT AGL/ SUPPORT HAIL OF SEVERE CRITERIA. 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. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING PRIMARILY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. COOLER AND DRY WEATHER RETURNS FOR TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS BY THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES RETURN BY SATURDAY AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE REGION. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:23 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053-060>063-065>076-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 323 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 982 UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING 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 18 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR DELAWARE MAYES OKMULGEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BENTONVILLE...BERRYVILLE... BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON...CLAREMORE...CLAYTON... EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO... HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MCALESTER...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS... SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER... STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
Special weather statement, Dec 22, 3:46 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
346 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003
OKZ060-064-222245-
CREEK OK-TULSA OK-
346 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA AND CREEK
AT 346 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
WEST OF KIEFER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRAY...TULSA...JENKS...OWASSO...
GLENPOOL...KIEFER AND SAPULPA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.Special weather statement, Dec 22, 5:02 PM CST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
502 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003
OKZ056-061-230000-
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
502 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NOWATA AND ROGERS
AT 502 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF TALALA TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
OOLOGAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NEW ALLUWE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...
WATOVA...OOLOGAH AND TALALA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 42 min |
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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.