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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1998Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1998, 2:12 AM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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 9, 1998, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1998, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 525 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
525 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
624 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 090712 RRA
SVRTUL
ARC033-131-090800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
212 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 209 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE
  OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GANS TO ROLAND TO SHORT
  OKLAHOMA...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  FORT SMITH
  BARLING
  VAN BUREN
  CEDARVILLE

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

TORRENTIAL RAINS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DON'T
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 8, 9:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 090156
AFDTUL
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1998

JUST SENT ANOTHER QUICK UPDATE TO COVER NEW TORNADO WATCH. CONT TO
WATCH TORNADIC SUPERCELL MOVG ACRS PITTBURG...MCINTOSH AND HASKELL
COUNTIES...AS WELL AS OTHER TSTMS N OF OKC AND OVER SC KS. SOUTHERN
SUPERCELL IN AXIS OF BEST INSTABILITY WITH LAPS CAPES AOA 3000 J/KG.
STORMS SHUD CONT NEXT FEW HOURS. WL ISSUE AT LEAST ONE MORE UPDATED
ZFP/RDF PACKAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

SMITH

.TUL...

OK...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 531 MOST OF SE OK.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT MON JUN 08 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0856 PM    4 S INDIANOLA             OK   TORNADO
06/08/98   PITTSBURG                      REPORTED BY CIVIL DEFENSE
                                          SPOTTERS
Local storm report, Jun 8, 10:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 08 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 PM    RUSSELLVILLE              OK   TORNADO
06/08/98   PITTSBURG                      REPORTED BY PITTSBURG
                                          COUNTY EOC
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:25 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
OKZ049-065-066-070>076-090625-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
125 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 531 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         HASKELL             LATIMER             LE FLORE
         MCINTOSH            MUSKOGEE            OKFUSKEE
         OKMULGEE            PITTSBURG           PUSHMATAHA
         SEQUOYAH...

STORMS IN EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY OUT OF
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:25 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
OKZ049-065-066-070>076-090625-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
125 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 531 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         HASKELL             LATIMER             LE FLORE
         MCINTOSH            MUSKOGEE            OKFUSKEE
         OKMULGEE            PITTSBURG           PUSHMATAHA
         SEQUOYAH...

STORMS IN EASTCENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY OUT OF
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:30 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998

OKZ054>056-059>061-064-090729-

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 533 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         CREEK               NOWATA              OSAGE
         PAWNEE              ROGERS              TULSA
         WASHINGTON OK.

STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND REDEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED.

OKZ057-058-062-063-067>069-ARZ001-002-010-011-090900-

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 533 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         ADAIR               CHEROKEE            CRAIG
         DELAWARE            MAYES               OTTAWA
         WAGONER...

NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
         BENTON              CARROLL             MADISON
         WASHINGTON AR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE
AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 1:30 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 AM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998

OKZ054>056-059>061-064-090729-

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 533 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         CREEK               NOWATA              OSAGE
         PAWNEE              ROGERS              TULSA
         WASHINGTON OK.

STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THESE AREAS AND REDEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS NOT EXPECTED.

OKZ057-058-062-063-067>069-ARZ001-002-010-011-090900-

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 533 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM
CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         ADAIR               CHEROKEE            CRAIG
         DELAWARE            MAYES               OTTAWA
         WAGONER...

NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...
         BENTON              CARROLL             MADISON
         WASHINGTON AR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THESE
AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian46 min
Jun 8, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian36 min
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian37 min
Jun 9, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSASebastian2 hr
Jun 9, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington42 min
Jun 9, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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.