Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 417, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1998, 6:39 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 19, 1998, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Bengal, OK | A telephone pole and one-foot diameter tree limbs were blown down. Report was from 3 miles southwest of Talihina in Latimer County. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
817 WUUS54 KTSA 192340 RRA SVRTUL OKC077-127-200030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 639 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 639 PM...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF ALBION...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... ALBION KIAMICHI HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
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 Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 192058 AFDTUL EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 400 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1998 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED GENERALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE THE USUAL ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AS WELL ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS. LOOKS LIKE ACTIVITY COULD LAST INTO THE EVENING AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES HELP TRIGGER ADDITIONAL STORMS BUT OVERALL SHOULD SEE A DIMINISHING TREND AS THE SUN SETS. WILL HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF RAIN MENTIONED IN THE ZONE FORECASTS SINCE THE OFFICIAL PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL 00 UNIVERSAL COORDINATED TIME AT WHICH TIME BELIEVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE MUCH LESS. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT SOME MID LEVEL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND/OR WESTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME BELIEVE IF THIS OCCURS IT SHOULD STAY WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. BY TOMORROW IT SHOULD BE BACK TO JUST ISOLATED ACTIVITY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS. ALTHOUGH IF HIGHER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES VERIFY ALL AREAS COULD BE DRY. WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT IN SHOWING A DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AS THE UPPER RIDGE RETREATS TO THE WEST. TUL 73 95 72 93 / 10 10 0 0 FSM 73 95 70 94 / 10 10 10 10 MLC 72 97 70 95 / 10 10 0 0 BVO 71 96 70 94 / 10 10 0 0 FYV 68 93 67 91 / 10 10 10 10 IDB 71 96 71 94 / 10 10 10 10 BYV 67 92 66 91 / 10 10 10 10 MIO 71 94 69 92 / 10 0 0 0 MKO 72 95 70 93 / 10 10 0 0 F10 71 96 71 94 / 10 10 0 0 HHW 73 97 72 95 / 10 10 10 10 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:53 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
553 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 PM BROKEN ARROW OK WIND DAMAGE
08/19/98 TULSA SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN NORTHERN BROKEN
ARROW ON LYNN LANE BETWEEN
41ST AND 51ST. REPORT FROM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Aug 19, 5:56 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
556 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM HEAVENER OK 70 MPH TSTM GUST
08/19/98 LE FLORE WIND GUST OF 65 TO 70 MPH.
REPORTED BY EMA OFFICIALS.Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:22 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
622 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM HEAVENER OK WIND DAMAGE
08/19/98 LE FLORE TWO LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
ON WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
REPORT FROM EMA.Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:26 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
526 PM CST WED AUG 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM SILOAM SPRINGS AR WIND DAMAGE
08/19/98 BENTON TREES BLOWN DOWN AND
BLOCKING ROAD NEAR SILOAM
SPRINGS. REPORT FROM
SHERIFFS OFFICE.Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
531 PM CST WED AUG 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM FARMINGTON AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/98 BENTONLocal storm report, Aug 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
531 PM CST WED AUG 19 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM FARMINGTON AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/19/98 BENTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.