Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 7:56 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1998, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Choctaw County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Boswell, OK | A large and powerful severe thunderstorm moved across Choctaw County from west to east on the evening of June 4. This storm produced the radar signature of a large bow echo and was a prolific wind producer. The worst part of the storm moved eastward along US |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 3547 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
010 WUUS54 KTSA 050057 RRA SVRTUL OKC023-050145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 756 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 753 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BOSWELL SOPER HUGO HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING STAY OFF THE PHONE AND DONT USE HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 042042 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998 SFC BNDRY ACRS THE AREA HAS MOVD LTL THRU THE DAY. AT 20Z BNDRY STRETCHED FRM FAR NW CORNER OF AR...TO NEAR MKO...TO NORTH OF MLC...THEN ON ACRS S-CNTL PART OF STATE. TEMPS HAVE CLIMBED TO NEAR 90 SOUTH OF THE BNDRY WITH SFC DEWPTS IN THE M/U 70S...SO ATMOS HAS BECM VRY UNSTABLE. CAP HAS KEPT TSTM DVLPMNT OUT OF ERN OK/NW AR THUS FAR...BUT WITH CAP CONTG TO WEAKEN...SHRA/TSRA WILL BE DVLPG INTO THE AREA OVR THE NXT HR OR SO. WL MENTION PSBL SVR FOR THIS EVNG MAINLY IN ZNS ALONG AND AHD OF THE FNT. FNT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO ONCE AGN PUSH SEWRD LATER TNGT AS S/WV MOVES OUT OF THE SW...AND ALSO AS CONVCTN HELPS PULL BNDRY ON THRU THE AREA. WL LIMIT POPS TO FAR SRN AND FAR ERN ZNS FOR FRI...THEN LOOKS DRY FOR FRI NGT AND SAT WITH FNT ON TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...AND SFC HIGH CONTG TO BUILD IN. COOLER TEMPS WILL PROVIDE A NICE CHG FOR ALL OF THE AREA OVR THE NXT FEW DAYS...AND LIKE THE COOLER FAN GUID. FCSTID = 4 TUL 60 75 55 70 / 40 10 0 0 FSM 68 80 56 73 / 50 30 10 0 MLC 65 80 58 75 / 40 20 10 0 BVO 58 75 52 70 / 30 10 0 0 FYV 60 75 55 70 / 60 10 0 0 IDB 70 84 60 80 / 30 30 10 0 BYV 61 75 55 69 / 60 10 0 0 MIO 59 75 53 70 / 50 10 0 0 MKO 60 75 55 71 / 40 10 0 0 F10 60 75 55 70 / 40 10 0 0 HHW 69 82 59 78 / 30 30 10 0 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
626 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0625 PM 2 NE ROLAND OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 SEQUOYAHLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
626 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0625 PM 2 NE ROLAND OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 SEQUOYAHLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
654 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM MOUNTAINBURG AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 CRAWFORD REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
0630 PM MOUNTAINBURG AR 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/04/98 CRAWFORD REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
0640 PM 5 NW OZARK AR 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/04/98 FRANKLINLocal storm report, Jun 4, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
654 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM MOUNTAINBURG AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 CRAWFORD REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
0630 PM MOUNTAINBURG AR 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/04/98 CRAWFORD REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT
0640 PM 5 NW OZARK AR 70 MPH WIND GUST
06/04/98 FRANKLINLocal storm report, Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
723 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM ALTUS AR WIND DAMAGE
06/04/98 FRANKLIN THREE FOOT DIAMETER TREES
BLOWN DOWN IN ALTUS.Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
725 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0713 PM OZARK AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/04/98 FRANKLIN QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL IN OZARK. REPORT FROM
KHBS TV.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 21 min |
| Jun 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.