Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Apr 6, 1998, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)

Expired

Apr 7, 1998, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Tulsa County, OK

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.

773 
WUUS54 KTSA 070458 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC143-070530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1157 PM CDT MON APR 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

   ...SOUTHERN TULSA COUNTY

AT 1155 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS THE
CREEK COUNTY LINE GLENPOOL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35
MPH.  GLENPOOL...JENKS...BIXBY...AND BROKEN ARROW ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A
STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER.
DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER
ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 6, 10:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

FPUS3 KTUL 070329
AFDTUL

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1025 PM CDT MON APR 6 1998

TWEAKED POPS AGAIN AND ADJUSTED WATCH HEADLINES. STORMS SHOWING SIGNS
OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...ONE REPORT OF 60 MPH ALREADY. WILL CLEAR
OUT COUNTIES FROM SVR WATCH FROM THE WEST AS THE LINE MOVES BY.

FCSTID = 26
TUL   52  73  50  66 /  80   0  10  40
FSM   53  78  49  71 /  80  10  10  20
MLC   53  79  51  70 /  80   0  10  20
BVO   52  73  50  66 /  80   0  10  40
FYV   54  72  46  67 /  80  10  10  40
IDB   56  82  51  74 /  50   0  10  10
BYV   54  72  46  67 /  80  10  10  40
MIO   53  74  49  66 /  80  10  10  40
MKO   55  77  54  68 /  80   0  10  30
F10   55  77  54  68 /  80   0  10  30
HHW   56  82  51  74 /  50   0  10  10

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

In the hours before

OKZ049-053-073-075-070252-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 PM CDT MON APR 6 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 169 HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         CHOCTAW             LATIMER             PITTSBURG
         PUSHMATAHA...

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCT /OKCSLSOK/ FOR A
LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

OKZ049-053-073-075-070252-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 PM CDT MON APR 6 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 169 HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN

EASTERN OKLAHOMA...
         CHOCTAW             LATIMER             PITTSBURG
         PUSHMATAHA...

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST AREAL OUTLINE PRODUCT /OKCSLSOK/ FOR A
LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.