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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1998Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
Jun 8, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1998, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 8:28 PM CDTTornado F0Scipio, OK
Jun 8, 8:43 PM CDTTornado F0Indianola, OK
Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDTTornado F0Crowder, OK
Jun 8, 9:10 PM CDTTornado F0Blocker, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2377 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 090109 RRA
TORTUL
OKC121-090200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
809 PM CDT MON JUN 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF SCIPIO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...
  SCIPIO
  INDIANOLA
  CROWDER

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY!

THE SAFEST PLACE IN A TORNADO IS BELOW GROUND. IF A BASEMENT OR
STORM CELLAR IS NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY AND USE BLANKETS AND
PILLOWS TO PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. AVOID
WINDOWS AND LARGE ROOMS. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES FOR
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT TAKE COVER IN A DITCH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee51 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg61 min
Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh39 min
Jun 8, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg70 min
Jun 8, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer50 min
Jun 8, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg3 hr
Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore65 min
Jun 8, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee44 min
Jun 8, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage46 min
Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee48 min
Jun 8, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore46 min
Jun 8, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee47 min
Jun 8, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Jun 8, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee49 min
Jun 9, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair51 min
Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMuskogee2 hr
Jun 9, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee49 min
Jun 9, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee3 hr
Jun 9, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah51 min
Jun 9, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair48 min
Jun 9, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee34 min
Jun 9, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.