Tornado Warning 51, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 18, 1998, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sequoyah 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.

514 
WFUS54 KTSA 190243 RRA
TORTUL
ARC033-131-OKC135-190330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
942 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
  NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 937 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
  SMITH...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MPH
  WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...
  FORT SMITH
  VAN BUREN
  MOFFET

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE SHELTER NOW DO
NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING - IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO
GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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.

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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.