Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 4:43 PM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
- May 4, 2003, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 042143 SVRTUL OKC035-105-042230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 443 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 443 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF NOWATA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NOWATA... DELAWARE...LENAPAH...BLUEJACKET AND WELCH. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. LAT...LON 3678 9582 3661 9581 3671 9500 3713 9523
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 May 4, 4:11 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 4:11 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 410 PM AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THUNDERSTORMS EXPLODING ACROSS OSAGE COUNTY WERE QUICKLY BECOMING SUPERCELLS. ADDITIONAL SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR INTO SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY AND PERHAPS PAWNEE COUNTY. THESE CELLS WILL LIKELY REMAIN CLASSIC SUPERCELLS AND HAVE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES. THE THREAT FOR STORNG TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE BETTER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ENVIRONMENT FURTHER EAST INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE STORMS DEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH ARE FORMING NEAR A MID-LEVEL JET SEGMENT AND WITHIN THE ASSOCIATED CIRRUS. THE CELL MODE WILL BE HARD TO CALL AS THE FASTER MID-LEVEL SPEEDS WILL BE OFFSET BY THE NATURAL SEEDING FROM THE ANVILS. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST A POSSIBLE HP EVENT DEVELOPING WITH THESE STORMS. FORECAST ID= 8 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. AS A RESULT...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AS THE MORNING PROGRESSED. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM THE SYSTEM HAS LIFTED TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA...WHILE A DRYLINE EXTENDS TO THE SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TODAY INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG/JUST AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND FIELDS AT THE SURFACE AND ABOVE THE GROUND ARE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO ROTATE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS THE SURFACE DRYLINE AND STORMS SHIFT EAST OF THE REGION. THIS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...PLEASE SEE THE LATEST /OKCPNSTUL/ TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ON TUESDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 12:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ054>076-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1241 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #232 UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY 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 23 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CLAREMORE... EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUNTSVILLE... JAY...MCALESTER...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM... NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU... PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS... SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN... VINITA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING RELATED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA.
Special weather statement, May 4, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OKZ049-053-050200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 304 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #234 UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...CLAYTON AND HUGO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 67 min |
| May 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 64 min |
| May 4, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 53 min |
| May 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 38 min |
| May 4, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 57 min |
| May 4, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 36 min |
| May 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 47 min |
| May 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 65 min |
| May 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 63 min |
| May 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.