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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 4, 20045 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2004, 3:31 PM CST for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 74 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 4, 2004, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 4:45 PM CST
In force
74 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 4, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 439 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
441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
531 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.

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 042131
SVRTUL
OKC023-077-091-121-127-042245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
329 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 329 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES WEST OF SCIPIO TO 10 MILES WEST OF
  ASHLAND TO 50 MILES WEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* ALL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED COUNTIES HAVE POTENTIAL TO         
  EXPERIENCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH..

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3464 9583 3470 9611 3555 9586 3554 9537
          3520 9544 3487 9505 3466 9507 3399 9520
          3392 9591

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 7:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage2 hr
Mar 4, 8:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Washington4 hr
Mar 4, 2:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington4 hr
Mar 4, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee55 min
Mar 4, 4:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers111 min
Mar 4, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah78 min
Mar 4, 4:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha39 min
Mar 4, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell33 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.