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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2003Creek County, Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT for Creek County, Okmulgee County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 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 9, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2823 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
2823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

537 
WFUS54 KTSA 100615
TORTUL
OKC037-111-143-100700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
114 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 114 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIXBY...
  GLENPOOL...MOUNDS AND KIEFER.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

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 3590 9625 3573 9616 3582 9576 3602 9576

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee59 min
May 9, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington43 min
May 9, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata66 min
May 9, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek65 min
May 9, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee43 min
May 9, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa51 min
May 10, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek54 min
May 10, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa56 min
May 10, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner68 min
May 10, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner46 min
May 10, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes48 min
May 10, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee56 min
May 10, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
May 10, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee49 min
May 10, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee42 min
May 10, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington65 min
May 10, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington70 min
May 10, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
May 10, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig44 min
May 10, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee65 min
May 10, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig53 min
May 10, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg75 min
May 10, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah46 min
May 10, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa57 min
May 10, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers31 min
May 10, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair38 min
May 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa60 min
May 10, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore34 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.