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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2003, 2:25 PM CDT for Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Haskell County, OK, Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado 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 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
697
WFUS54 KTSA 101925
TORTUL
OKC061-101-102030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
224 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 224 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
STRONG ROTATION 15 MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIGLER...
ENTERPRISE...WHITEFIELD...KEOTA...TAMAHA...BRIARTOWN...PORUM...
WARNER AND WEBBERS FALLS.
IF YOU ARE 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
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3527 9481 3519 9510 3516 9534 3518 9545
3531 9545 3531 9534 3551 9534 3561 9516
3554 9514 3546 9506 3544 9497 3537 9489
3538 9486 3534 9481What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 10, 2:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 2:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 205 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 A LARGE HEAVY PRECIPITATION SUPERCELL HAS EVOLVED IN SOUTHEAST OKALHOMA. TWO MORE CLASSIC SUPERCELLS WERE MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RECENT LOW-LEVEL STORM-RELATIVE HELICITY ANALYSIS FOR THE 3 CELLS IS RATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN STORM. VERY LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH THE SUPERCELL MOVING INTO MCINTOSH AND PITTSBURG CO. FORECAST ID=08 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 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 ...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A WIND SHIFT LINE FROM NEAR BARTLESVILLE TO JUST EAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO WITCHITA FALLS. THIS LINE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. RICH MOISTURE...EXTREME INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS WILL LEAD TO SOME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. A SQUALL LINE WILL EVENTUALLY EVOLVE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS AND IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ALSO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL KEEP THE WEATHER QUIET FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS BY AROUND TUESDAY. MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY TODAY. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-110000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1200 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH #338 UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY 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 25 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: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CLAREMORE... CLAYTON...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH... HUGO...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.
Local storm report, May 10, 2:24 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0224 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0219 PM 7 E HANNA OK 2.75 IN HAIL
05/10/03 MCINTOSH
SPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 59 min |
| May 9, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 43 min |
| May 9, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| May 9, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 65 min |
| May 9, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 9, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| May 10, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 54 min |
| May 10, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 68 min |
| May 10, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 48 min |
| May 10, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 56 min |
| May 10, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 52 min |
| May 10, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 65 min |
| May 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 70 min |
| May 10, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 53 min |
| May 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 44 min |
| May 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 53 min |
| May 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 75 min |
| May 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 57 min |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 60 min |
| May 10, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 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.