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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 17, 2004Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2004, 6:00 PM CST for Wagoner 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
Mar 17, 2004, 6:00 PM CST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2004, 6:45 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
Mar 17, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 2004-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

301 
WUUS54 KTSA 180000
SVRTUL
OKC145-180045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
559 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 559 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  ONETA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WAGONER...
  COWETA AND ONETA.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE 
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS 
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3607 9576 3594 9576 3588 9515 3608 9514

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee47 min
Mar 17, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware40 min
Mar 17, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair44 min
Mar 17, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes34 min
Mar 17, 6:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner41 min
Mar 17, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware52 min
Mar 17, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee43 min
Mar 17, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah45 min
Mar 17, 7:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee43 min
Mar 17, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee24 min
Mar 17, 7:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah37 min
Mar 17, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore44 min
Mar 17, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee51 min
Mar 17, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner46 min
Mar 17, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah36 min
Mar 17, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore60 min
Mar 17, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair53 min
Mar 17, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee48 min
Mar 17, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee28 min
Mar 17, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah42 min
Mar 17, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee52 min
Mar 17, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah58 min
Mar 17, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee65 min
Mar 17, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell39 min
Mar 17, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair39 min
Mar 17, 11:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee47 min
Mar 17, 11:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore47 min
Mar 17, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.