000 WWUS84 KTSA 080656 SPSTUL OKZ054>076-080900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 154 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #294. AREAS CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA ROGERS WASHINGTON THESE COUNTIES WILL BE INCLUDED IN A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #295 VALID UNTIL 700 AM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #167 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CREEK OKMULGEE PAWNEE TULSA WAGONER IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...EUFAULA... MCALESTER...MUSKOGEE...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...PAWNEE...POTEAU... SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...STIGLER...STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA... WAGONER AND WILBURTON. $$