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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 482, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 9, 1998McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 1998, 10:31 PM CST for McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 1998, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 9, 10:40 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Raiford, OK	Numerous trees were blown down across the county road between Lenna and Raiford. Numerous trees were blown down in other places countywide.
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Savanna, OK	Two barns were destroyed. Turbines and shingles were ripped from a roof, and ten trees were uprooted. A travel trailer was overturned, and a sheet of plywood was ripped from some decking and blown away. Four power poles were snapped near Savanna, knocking o
Nov 9, 11:08 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Mc Alester, OK
Nov 9, 11:10 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Mc Alester, OK	Damage was reported in the High Hill area near McAlester. Specifically, several barns were damaged, roofs were damaged, a piece of tin was driven 4 inches into a tree, and a backyard trampoline was completely blown away and could not be found.
Nov 9, 11:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Bache, OK	Trees were blown down.
Nov 9, 11:23 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Hartshorne, OK	Numerous tree limbs were blown down.

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, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 100431 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC091-121-100530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1031 PM CST MON NOV 9 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
     MCINTOSH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1030 PM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND TO 14 MILES WEST OF
  SCIPIO TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES
  PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...EUFAULA...STIDHAM...MCALESTER...
  AND KIOWA.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
IN THE WARNED AREA.

BE ALERT FOR 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 Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 8:00 PM CST, 2 hours 31 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, 9:39 PM CST, 52 minutes before

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

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

0937 PM    4 W JENNINGS              OK   80 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 9:41 PM CST, 50 minutes before

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

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

0939 PM    HALLETT                   OK   .88 INCH HAIL
11/09/98   PAWNEE

0939 PM    HALLETT                   OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:13 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1013 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0952 PM    MILFAY                    OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   CREEK

1007 PM    BRISTOW                   OK   70 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   CREEK

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:23 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1023 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

1015 PM    WELTY                     OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OKFUSKEE

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:30 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

0937 PM    4 W JENNINGS              OK   80 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   PAWNEE

1022 PM    TULSA                     OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   TULSA                          WIND GUST TO 65 MPH
                                          REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF
                                          DOWNTOWN TULSA

Local storm report, Nov 9, 10:31 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1031 PM CST MON NOV 09 1998

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

1022 PM    2 NW TULSA                OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
11/09/98   OSAGE                          WIND GUST TO 65 2
                                          NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN
                                          TULSA

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	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	55 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, 10:48 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

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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.