Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Apr 16, 1998, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 1998, 6:15 AM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County LeFlore County, OK

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

415 
WUUS54 KTSA 161030 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC079-161115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
528 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 527 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISTER AND 9 MILES SOUTH
  OF TALIHINA...BOTH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  WISTER
  HEAVENER
  MUSE
  PAGE

  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS
APPROACH.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 16, 4:38 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998

SFC BNDRY APPEARS TO HAVE PUSHED A LTL SOUTH OF THE RED RVR IN XTRM
SE OK THIS MRNG AND SHLD CONT TO SLOWLY PUSH TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.
CURRENTLY HAVE STG/SVR TSTMS ASSOC WITH H85 BNDRY MOVG ACRS E-CNTL OK
AND NW AR.  XPCTD THESE TO CONT ON TO THE NE OF THE AREA AND WEAKEN
OVR THE NXT FEW HRS.  WL CONT TO SEE A CHC OF PRECIP AREAWIDE THRU
THE DAY AS H7 S/WV SWINGS BY...SO WILL GENERALLY GO WITH CHC POPS ALL
ZNS AND ALSO MENTION THUNDER MAINLY OVR SRN AND ERN ZNS FOR THIS
MRNG.

HIGH PRES BUILDING IN WILL KEEP LLVL FLOW FROM THE NORTH EVENTUALLY
TURNING TO THE NE AS CENTER OF HIGH MOVES TO THE NE OF THE AREA.
XPCT PLENTY OF CLDS TO HANG ARND THRU THE FCST...SO SLGTLY COOLER FAN
TEMPS LOOK THE BEST WITH COOLER AIR TOUGH TO DISLODGE.  WILL BRING A
CHC OF RAIN BACK INTO THE FCST FOR FRI NGT AND SAT.

FCSTID = 4
TUL   56  40  59  42 /  30  10  10  30
FSM   63  42  60  45 /  30  10  10  30
MLC   62  42  62  42 /  30  10  10  30
BVO   54  38  58  40 /  30  10  10  30
FYV   59  39  58  40 /  30  10  10  30
IDB   68  46  63  42 /  40  10  10  30
BYV   58  38  58  38 /  30  10  10  30
MIO   56  39  58  40 /  30  10  10  30
MKO   57  40  59  42 /  30  10  10  30
F10   58  41  60  42 /  30  10  10  30
HHW   67  45  63  42 /  40  10  10  30

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.