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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 1998Haskell County, McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1998, 8:50 PM CDT for Haskell County, McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 70 min. 8 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, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 1998, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Crowder, OK
Jun 8, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Blocker, OK
Jun 8, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Blocker, OK
Jun 8, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado F1	Quinton, OK	This tornado moved from Pittsburg into Haskell County at 941 PM CDT. Two houses were heavily damaged south of Quinton.
Jun 8, 9:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 88	Quinton, OK
Jun 8, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Lewisville, OK	This tornado originally developed in Pittsburg County and then moved into Haskell County at 941 PM CDT.
Jun 8, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Russellville, OK
Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado F2	Kinta, OK	An F2 tornado destroyed one single family dwelling, while another single family dwelling received major damage.

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
Jun 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 8, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 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 090150 RRA
TORTUL
OKC061-091-121-090300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA.  ANOTHER
  POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HANNA NEAR THE CANADIAN
  RIVER.  THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...
  INDIANOLA
  CANADIAN
  EUFAULA
  ENTERPRISE

THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY WRAPPED IN RAIN AND NOT EASILY SEEN. IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING IT MAY BE TOO LATE - TAKE
SHELTER 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	51 min
Jun 8, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	61 min
Jun 8, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	51 min
Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh	39 min
Jun 8, 9:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer	50 min
Jun 8, 9:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Pittsburg	3 hr
Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	65 min
Jun 8, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	44 min
Jun 8, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	46 min
Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	48 min
Jun 8, 10:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	46 min
Jun 8, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	47 min
Jun 8, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	42 min
Jun 8, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	49 min
Jun 9, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	51 min
Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	2 hr
Jun 9, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	49 min
Jun 9, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	3 hr
Jun 9, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	51 min
Jun 9, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	48 min
Jun 9, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	34 min
Jun 9, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	47 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.