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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1998Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 9:35 PM CDTThunderstorm WindHugo, OKNumerous 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3007 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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   SEQUOYAH
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   SEQUOYAH
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha68 min
Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg59 min
Jun 9, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore73 min
Jun 10, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore49 min
Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee45 min
Jun 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner56 min
Jun 10, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers51 min
Jun 10, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee51 min

Nearby

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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.