Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 420, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1998, 6:47 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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 28, 1998, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Okfuskee County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Welty, OK | There was roof damage and a tree blown down in Welty. |
| Aug 28, 7:19 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Boley, OK | At the correctional facility in Boley. |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 28, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 315 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 1998 PROBLEM(S) OF THE DAY: POPS TEMPERATURES 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EXTENDING INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. FRONT ALSO EVIDENT NOW ON KINX REFLECTIVITY IMAGERY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING MID LEVEL DRY AIR PUSHING SOUTH INTO REGION BEHIND SHORTWAVE. MORE SIGNIFICANT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OCCURRING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES 100 DEGREE AIR AHEAD OF CLOUD SHIELD FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. SURFACE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT WITH BEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. WILL GO WITH ISOLATED WORDING ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING FOR FRONTAL PASSAGE. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S RANGE WITH NORTH WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES. BOTH THE ETA AND NGM SIMILAR WITH TRACK OF SHORTWAVE THROUGH FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL JET PULLS EAST OF AREA BY 6Z. FRONT SLOWS DOWN AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHICH MAY CALL FOR ISOLATED WORDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST ZONES. REST OF FORECAST AREA SHOULD BE UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AS LARGE AREA OF SUBSIDENCE MOVES IN BEHIND SHORTWAVE. WILL GO WITH A MIXTURE OF NGM AND AVN MOS FOR TEMPERATURE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXTENDED HAS MRF MOVING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH KEEPS OUR FORECAST AREA IN EASTERLY FLOW. ALTHOUGH MRF DOESN'T GENERATE MUCH PRECIPITATION OVER AREA...SOME SHOWERS MAY FORM IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. SOME MENTION OF THIS IN CURRENT ZONES SO WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH. HOWIESON FCSTID = 44 TUL 70 94 69 93 / 10 5 0 0 FSM 70 93 68 93 / 20 0 0 0 MLC 71 95 68 94 / 20 0 0 0 BVO 69 93 67 92 / 10 0 0 0 FYV 67 90 64 91 / 20 0 0 0 IDB 70 96 67 95 / 30 10 0 0 BYV 67 90 64 91 / 20 0 0 0 MIO 68 92 66 92 / 10 5 0 0 MKO 70 94 69 93 / 10 5 0 0 F10 70 94 69 93 / 10 5 0 0 HHW 70 96 67 95 / 30 10 0 0 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. -------------------- EXPERIMENTAL OUTPUT: GENERAL WEATHER EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS: CONVECTIVE PRECIP HAZARDOUS WEATHER \EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS: NONE NGM CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 ETA CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 AVN CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 FCST CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
08/28/98 TULSA TREE LIMBS DOWN AT 15TH
AND UTICA IN TULSA...A 6
INCH DIAMETER LIMB FELL
ONTO A CAR AT THAT
LOCATION.Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:18 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0515 PM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
08/28/98 TULSA TREE LIMBS DOWN AT 15TH
AND UTICA IN TULSA...A 6
INCH DIAMETER LIMB FELL
ONTO A CAR AT THAT
LOCATION.Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:25 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
625 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
08/28/98 TULSA A TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN IN
SOUTHWEST TULSA.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.