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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2004, 9:43 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 77 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2004, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 77 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 100 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE WASHING OUT AND LIFTING NORTH TONIGHT. A STRONG CAP REMAINS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE FRONT SO DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE CAP IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO BREAK THE CAP...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD HAVE STRONG UPDRAFTS DUE TO HIGH SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SLIGHT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 52 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 47 min |
| May 23, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| May 23, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 89 min |
| May 23, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 78 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.