Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 275, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1998, 7:39 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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 8, 1998, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1998, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okfuskee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 8, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 082311 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 610 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1998 NEW TORNADO WATCH JUST ISSUED FOR NE OK UNTIL 05Z. QUICK ZONE UPDATE ON THE WAY TO MENTION SVR IN ZONES COVERED BY THE NEW WATCH. SMITH .TUL... OK...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 530 OKZ021-035-037-041-061-097-091-101- 105-107-111-115-131-143-145-147. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
401 PM CDT MON JUN 08 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 AM INOLA OK 1 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 ROGERS
0730 AM CHOUTEAU OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 MAYES
0955 AM 2 SW BUNCH OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/08/98 ADAIR
1000 AM BUNCH OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/08/98 ADAIR
1021 AM 1 SW GLENPOOL OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 TULSA
1033 AM 3 W BIXBY OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 TULSA
1100 AM WEBBERS FALLS OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/08/98 MUSKOGEE
1115 AM 7 NW VIAN OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/08/98 SEQUOYAHLocal storm report, Jun 8, 4:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 70 min |
| Jun 8, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 12:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.