Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 4, 1998Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1998, 8:16 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1998, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1998, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Pushmataha County, OK

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -569 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 15.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 050116 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC127-050215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
816 PM CDT THU JUN 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE
  OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOSWELL TO NEAR
  BOSWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TURNPIKE 6 MILES SOUTH OF DAISY.  DUNBAR IS
  NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ANTLERS
  RATTAN

  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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 DON'T USE HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MOTORISTS
SHOULD NEVER DRIDVE 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 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 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 50 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   SEQUOYAH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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   SEQUOYAH

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 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   FRANKLIN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 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   FRANKLIN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT, 53 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, 51 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, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	49 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, 1998 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.