Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1998, 9:31 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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 9, 1998, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Hugo, OK | Numerous trees were blown down around Hugo and across much of Choctaw County. A newspaper clipping pictured a very large oak tree that had fallen onto a storage building in a backyard along West Poplar Street. In addition, the metal roofing was blown off of |
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 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 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
- 3007 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 100231 RRA SVRTUL OKC023-077-121-127-100330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 931 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA EASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 929 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANLEY TO CLAYTON TO SAWYER TO FROGVILLE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 80 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH MANY OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS... SARDIS LAKE YANUSH ALBION SOBOL SWINK A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IF ONE IS NEARBY.
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 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:40 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998 UPDATED ZONES/RDF FOR MCS MOVG ACRS SRN OK. TOOK POPS TO 90 FOR MOST OF SERN OK...INCLUDING MLC AREA. APRS AREA WILL MOVE MNLY EAST AND ONLY MORE SCATTERED PCPN WILL REACH AS FARTH NORTH AS FSM. POPS FOR FSM AREA 70 AND LOOKS REASONABLE ATTM. PROFILER OVR SERN AR INDICATES SLOWER STORM MOTION...ABOUT 2610. HOWEVER...0-6KM SHEAR LOOKS WEAK THAT AREA...AND GIVEN INSTBY...XPC OUTFLOW TO DOMINATE AS STORMS BEGIN TO REACH AR. THAT SHOULD RESULT IN WEAKENING. THEORY SOUNDS GOOD...NOW WAIT AND SEE. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. AMBURN .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 3:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
358 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM 8 W BURBANK OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/08/98 OSAGE
0945 PM BRISTOW OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 CREEK
0950 PM BRISTOW OK 1 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 CREEK
1133 PM DAYTON AR WIND DAMAGE
06/08/98 SEBASTIAN TREES BLOWN DOWN
1140 PM TAFT LAKE OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 MUSKOGEE
1146 PM MUSKOGEE OK .88 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 MUSKOGEE
1133 PM MIDLAND AR WIND DAMAGE
06/08/98 SEBASTIAN LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN
DOWN
1215 AM FT GIBSON OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/98 MUSKOGEE LARGE TREES DOWNED AND
BUILDING UNDER
CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED
0130 AM MARBLE CITY OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/98 SEQUOYAH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN
0210 AM ROLAND OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/98 SEQUOYAHLocal storm report, Jun 9, 3:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
358 PM CDT TUE JUN 09 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM 8 W BURBANK OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/08/98 OSAGE
0945 PM BRISTOW OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 CREEK
0950 PM BRISTOW OK 1 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 CREEK
1133 PM DAYTON AR WIND DAMAGE
06/08/98 SEBASTIAN TREES BLOWN DOWN
1140 PM TAFT LAKE OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 MUSKOGEE
1146 PM MUSKOGEE OK .88 INCH HAIL
06/08/98 MUSKOGEE
1133 PM MIDLAND AR WIND DAMAGE
06/08/98 SEBASTIAN LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN
DOWN
1215 AM FT GIBSON OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/98 MUSKOGEE LARGE TREES DOWNED AND
BUILDING UNDER
CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED
0130 AM MARBLE CITY OK WIND DAMAGE
06/09/98 SEQUOYAH NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN
0210 AM ROLAND OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/98 SEQUOYAHSpecial weather statement, Jun 9, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK..UPDATED.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 708 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1998 A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS GREATEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SCATTERED STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS DEVELOPED NEAR A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY IN AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THESE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING...AFFECTING PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY 900 PM. DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN INTO THE MID 70S ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FURTHER NORTH ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. A WEAK SURFACE FRONT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER...BUT NO SIGNS OF IMMINENT DEVELOPMENT WERE NOTED EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL DEVELOP NEAR THE STATIONARY FRONT TONIGHT...OR THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA COULD SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE AREA COULD BE SEVERE. EXTREME INSTABILITY NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...AND BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LATER TONIGHT...THE THREAT WILL EVOLVE INTO THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 68 min |
| Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 73 min |
| Jun 10, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 51 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.