Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2004, 4:51 PM CST for Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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, 4:51 PM CST (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2004, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KTSA 042251
SVRTUL
OKC077-127-042330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 450 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED OAK TO 5 MILES NORTH
OF KIAMICHI TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CLOUDY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BENGAL...RED
OAK...CLOUDY...NASHOBA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION.
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. STAY
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
LAT...LON 3459 9528 3506 9527 3506 9493 3469 9506
3468 9494 3451 9494 3451 9504 3426 9504
3415 9531
$$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 Mar 4, 4:46 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 4:46 PM CST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...MESOSCALE UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 446 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO RACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AROUND 2330Z. WE HAVE ONLY NOTED BRIEF ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP MESOCYCLONES...BUT NOTHING HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH FOR STRONG / DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH THE LINE. EXTRAPOLATION OF THE REFLECTIVITY BOW SUGGESTS THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE GUSTS WILL BE ACROSS HASKELL AND LATIMER COUNTIES AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE FORT SMITH AREA. LIFTED INDEX VALUES REMAIN UNIMPRESSIVE AT 0 TO -2 AHEAD OF THE LINE. AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE REGION IN A FEW MORE HOURS...COLD AIR ALOFT AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL OVERSPREAD THE STORMS...BUT THIS MAY OCCUR AFTER THE ACTIVITY EXITS OUR AREA. FORECAST ID= 08 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>076. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049-053>076
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 1:00 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051200- 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- THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... ...FLASH FLOODING LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SEVERE WEATHER WILL AFFECT EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS... LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. AT 1PM...A WARM FRONT HAD MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WAS ORIENTED FROM NEAR PONCA CITY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. A STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AN EXTENSIVE SQUALL LINE EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTH TEXAS. CURRENT DATA SUPPORTS A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS THIS SQUALL LINE ENTERS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. TORNADIC POTENTIAL WILL BE MAXIMIZED WITH ANY STORM WHICH CAN DEVIATE FROM THE PRIMARY MOTION OF THE SQUALL LINE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL TORNADIC THREAT WITHIN BOWING SEGMENTS OF THE SQUALL LINE. ADDITIONALLY...PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT SATURATED CONDITIONS AND ANY BURST OF HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN UPDATED FORECAST DISCUSSIONS...WITH LATER WARNINGS INDICATING THE AREAS OF HIGHEST THREAT AND IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ONCE THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY... SETTLED WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOKED PERIOD. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:00 AM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1100 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 OKZ054>064-041800- CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK- PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK- 1100 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 21 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WASHINGTON
Local storm report, Mar 4, 12:09 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1209 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM FLASH FLOOD BARTLESVILLE 36.74N 95.95W
03/04/2004 WASHINGTON OK COUNTY OFFICIAL
RISIDUAL STREET FLOODING IN METRO AREA.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD BARTLESVILLE 36.74N 95.95W
03/04/2004 WASHINGTON OK COUNTY OFFICIAL
STRET FLOODING...ALSO WATER IN A FEW HOMES ALONG NOWATA
ROAD
0830 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 N WANN 36.99N 95.80W
03/04/2004 WASHINGTON OK EMERGENCY MNGR
BRIDGE UNDER REPAIR WASHED OUT
0815 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 E WANN 36.91N 95.73W
03/04/2004 NOWATA OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 10 JUST EAST OF WANN
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N HOMINY 36.48N 96.39W
03/04/2004 OSAGE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER STILL OVER HIGHWAY 99. ISOLATED FLOODING ALSO ON
OTHER COUNTY ROADS.
0720 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N HOMINY 36.48N 96.39W
03/04/2004 OSAGE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER THE ROAD.
&&
SAASpecial weather statement, Mar 4, 1:52 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 152 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-050100- BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR- WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK- HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK- ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 24 UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY 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...CHARLESTON... 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 1:52 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO EXP TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 152 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-050200- BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR- WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK- HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK- ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 24 UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY 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...CHARLESTON... 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 3:33 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
333 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
OKZ064>066-042245-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
333 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CREEK AND OKMULGEE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 333 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PAYNE...LINCOLN AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
WILSON...MANNFORD...OKEMAH...WELEETKA...BEARDEN...CLEARVIEW
...PHAROAH...CASTLE...PADEN...BOLEY...MASON...OKFUSKEE...WELTY...OKMU
LGEE...HENRYETTA...BRYANT...DEWAR...HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER...MO
RRIS...ERAM...PRESTON...BEGGS...BALD HILL... HECTORVILLE...
BRISTOW...MILFAY...SLICK...DEPEW...MOUNDS...SHAMROCK... KIEFER...
DRUMRIGHT...OILTON...SILVER CITY...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.
A LARGE PORTION OF CREEK...OKMULGEE AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 445 PM CST.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 7:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 74 min |
| Mar 4, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee | 55 min |
| Mar 4, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers | 111 min |
| Mar 4, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 78 min |
| Mar 4, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 33 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.