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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 22, 2003Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 22, 2003, 6:18 PM CST for Latimer County, Pittsburg 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: Dec 22, 2003, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 22, 2003, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 230018
SVRTUL
OKC077-121-230100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 617 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2   
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTSHORNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGGINS.  IT 
WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WILBURTON...
  HIGGINS AND HARTSHORNE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3481 9565 3464 9570 3506 9493 3505 9547

$$

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, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 4:55 PM CST, 1 hour 23 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, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 32 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, 1 hour 16 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.

Special weather statement, Dec 22, 5:51 PM CST, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
551 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

OKZ060-066-067-070-230045-
TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-OKMULGEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
551 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     TULSA...WAGONER AND OKMULGEE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     MUSKOGEE

AT 551 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF BROKEN ARROW TO 4 MILES SOUTH
OF BROKEN ARROW TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BALD HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...BALD HILL...LEONARD...BROKEN ARROW...STONEBLUFF...COWETA...
ONETA...JAMESVILLE AND HASKELL.

A LARGE PORTION OF TULSA...WAGONER...MUSKOGEE AND OKMULGEE COUNTIES
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 645 PM CST.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH.

Local storm report, Dec 22, 6:13 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0603 PM     HAIL             CHELSEA                 36.53N 95.43W
12/22/2003  0.75 INCH        ROGERS             OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

GW

Special weather statement, Dec 22, 6:16 PM CST, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
616 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

OKZ057-061-062-230115-
CRAIG OK-ROGERS OK-MAYES OK-
616 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CRAIG...ROGERS AND MAYES

AT 616 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF WHITE OAK TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CHELSEA TO FOYIL TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIAWAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...CLAREMORE...TIAWAH...FOYIL...BUSHYHEAD...CHELSEA...
VINITA...BIG CABIN...WHITE OAK...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...PYRAMID
CORNERS...BLUEJACKET...CENTRAILIA...WELCH...PRYOR...LOCUST GROVE...
SALINA...STRANG...ADAIR AND PENSACOLA.

A LARGE PORTION OF CRAIG...ROGERS AND MAYES COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 715 PM CST.

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, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Pittsburg	40 min
Dec 22, 6:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	41 min
Dec 22, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	46 min
Dec 22, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	47 min
Dec 22, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	35 min
Dec 22, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	26 min
Dec 22, 7:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
Dec 22, 7:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	31 min
Dec 22, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.