Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 475, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 9, 19984 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 1998, 9:35 PM CST for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 min. 9 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: Nov 9, 1998, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 1998, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 9, 9:37 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 70	Jennings, OK
Nov 9, 9:39 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Hallett, OK
Nov 9, 9:39 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 57	Hallett, OK
Nov 9, 9:52 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Milfay, OK
Nov 9, 9:58 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 66	Mannford, OK
Nov 9, 10:07 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Bristow, OK
Nov 9, 10:22 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 57	Tulsa, OK	Location: one mile north of downtown Tulsa
Nov 9, 10:22 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 57	Tulsa, OK
Nov 9, 10:24 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 61	Tulsa, OK	An off-duty NWS employee reported a 65 mph gust near 81st Street South and Yale in Tulsa at 1024 PM. An amateur radio operator reported a 70 mph gust near 61st Street South and Memorial Drive in Tulsa at 1030 PM.

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
Nov 9, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 100335 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC037-113-117-143-147-100430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
935 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 934 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF DRUMRIGHT TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST   
  OF HALLETT TO 10 MILES WEST OF BARTLESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 
  MILES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  SAPULPA...KELLYVILLE...  
MANNFORD...OILTON...DRUMRIGHT...KIEFER...WESTPORT...RALSTON...
CLEVELAND...PAWNEE...BARTLESVILLE...SKIATOOK...SPERRY...GLENPOOL...
TULSA...RAMONA AND VERA

DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR UP TO 15 MILES AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND 
HAIL. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE NOW.

WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

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 Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

SQUALL LINE WILL ENTER NW ZONES WITHIN THE HOUR AND EXPECT
IT TO CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA. GOING FORECAST LOOKS
OK AND WILL NOT UPDATE PRIOR TO 10 PM. WILL UPDATE ZONES
AS LINE OF STORMS CLEARS...LIKELY AROUND MIDNIGHT.
WIND ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD. /13

.TUL...
OK...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>077.

AR...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...
ARZ019>020...ARZ029.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 9, 8:21 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
821 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0817 PM    JENNINGS                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:26 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
926 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0820 PM    10 W BURBANK              OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OSAGE

0920 PM    6 E PAWNEE                OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:30 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0920 PM    6 W HOMINY                OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OSAGE

0925 PM    6 WSW CLEVELAND           OK   75 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:30 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0920 PM    6 W HOMINY                OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OSAGE

0925 PM    6 WSW CLEVELAND           OK   75 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:33 PM CST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
933 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0930 PM    6 W HOMINY                OK   75 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OSAGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 9, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Nov 9, 8:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	66 min
Nov 9, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	55 min
Nov 9, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	51 min
Nov 9, 9:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	46 min
Nov 9, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	54 min
Nov 9, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	54 min
Nov 9, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Tulsa, Wagoner	54 min
Nov 9, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	59 min
Nov 9, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	27 min
Nov 9, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee	51 min
Nov 9, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	51 min
Nov 9, 11:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	58 min
Nov 9, 11:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	25 min
Nov 9, 11:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	25 min
Nov 9, 11:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	40 min
Nov 9, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	39 min
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	51 min
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	51 min
Nov 9, 11:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	51 min
Nov 9, 11:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	38 min
Nov 9, 11:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	36 min
Nov 9, 11:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell	31 min
Nov 10, 12:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	37 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	45 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	38 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.