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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 6, 2003Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 6:26 PM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2003, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adair County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 062326
TORTUL
OKC001-070000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
626 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 626 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
  STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES EAST OF BUNCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
  THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STILWELL AND
  BUNCH.

STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF BRUSHY. 

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3565 9481 3564 9446 3585 9448 3586 9481

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee45 min
May 6, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh55 min
May 6, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner52 min
May 6, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee70 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg87 min
May 6, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers56 min
May 6, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee66 min
May 6, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa58 min
May 6, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig64 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah50 min
May 6, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee62 min
May 6, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes45 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah52 min
May 6, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg81 min
May 6, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha88 min
May 6, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah77 min
May 6, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair41 min
May 6, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore72 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.