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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 13, 1998Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1998, 10:27 PM CDT for Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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 13, 1998, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 1998-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3674 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 1998-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
3674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
16.9

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The text

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

050 
WUUS54 KTSA 140326 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC113-143-140400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1025 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW PRUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  PRUE
  SPERRY
  OWASSO

  HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 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.

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 13, 9:35 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 9:35 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 140239
AFDTUL
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
935 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

KINX 88D INDICATING STORMS WEAKENING A BIT AS THEY MOVE INTO FA
ATTM.  HOWEVER...GIVEN LACK OF CAP ON AREA SOUNDINGS...COULD SEE
MORE RE-DEVELOPMENT.  GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING TO SUBSIDE
ACROSS AREA AS WELL.  CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE HANDLING SITUATION QUITE
WELL SO WILL NOT UPDATE AT THIS TIME.

HOWIESON
FCSTID = 44

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
831 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

0810 PM    GRAINOLA                  OK   .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   OSAGE
Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:01 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1001 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998

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

0951 PM    BRISTOW                   OK   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/13/98   CREEK                           REPORTED ON I-44 JUST WEST
                                          OF BRISTOW.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage31 min
Jun 13, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee51 min
Jun 13, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPawnee54 min
Jun 13, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek49 min
Jun 13, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers33 min
Jun 13, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.