Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 899

December 6, 19985 counties in Kansas; 32 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Dec 6, 1998, 8:30 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; 32 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 1998, 8:30 AM CST (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 1998, 2:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Adair County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 9:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee38 min
Dec 6, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage39 min
Dec 6, 1:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware35 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1998

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.