Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 198

May 13, 2004McDonald County, Missouri; 41 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 13, 2004, 10:45 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri; 41 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2004, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

McDonald County, MO, Adair County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

43 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox49 min
May 13, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger48 min
May 13, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers65 min
May 13, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox47 min
May 13, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger26 min
May 13, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson23 min
May 13, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner59 min
May 13, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady41 min
May 13, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita, Wilbarger50 min
May 13, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor48 min
May 13, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
May 13, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma42 min
May 13, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman44 min
May 13, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor52 min
May 13, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady44 min
May 13, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita48 min
May 13, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner40 min
May 13, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek39 min
May 13, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma52 min
May 13, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton48 min
May 13, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain47 min
May 13, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln46 min
May 13, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware52 min
May 13, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher49 min
May 13, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay47 min
May 13, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor42 min
May 13, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens41 min
May 13, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie52 min
May 13, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita49 min
May 13, 2:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, McDonald, Stone6 hr
May 13, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa47 min
May 13, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSADelaware4 hr
May 13, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner41 min
May 13, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa19 min
May 13, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa4 hr
May 13, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa38 min
May 13, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner44 min
May 13, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa43 min
May 13, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa34 min
May 13, 4:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner4 hr
May 13, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner50 min
May 13, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee40 min
May 13, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah48 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 924 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cedar, Henry, Jasper, St. Clair and 1 more63 min
May 13, 12:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald, Newton117 min
May 13, 2:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald, Newton87 min
May 12, 8:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 7 more86 min
May 12, 9:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper and 8 more37 min
May 12, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Nowata7 hr
May 12, 11:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage2 hr
May 13, 10:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 35 more115 min
May 13, 5:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Osage89 min
May 13, 3:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 27 more83 min
May 13, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 17 more6 hr
May 13, 9:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 17 more96 min
May 13, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette and 22 more6 hr
May 13, 12:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 26 more2 hr
May 13, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Eastland, Haskell and 14 more6 hr
May 13, 1:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend and 15 more97 min
May 13, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal and 21 more6 hr
May 13, 2:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Eastland, Haskell and 14 more2 hr
May 13, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal and 21 more86 min
May 13, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend and 17 more53 min
May 13, 5:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Eastland, Haskell and 14 more96 min
May 13, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason and 6 more5 hr

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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.