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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 18, 1998Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1998, 10:25 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1998, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1998, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Pittsburg County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 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 1998-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1998-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

794 
WFUS54 KTSA 190326 RRA
TORTUL
OKC121-190415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1025 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1024 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST EAST OF ALDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...
  HAILEYVILLE
  BACHE
  HARTSHORNE

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee64 min
Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner30 min
Jun 18, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa37 min
Jun 18, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee42 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee39 min
Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee61 min
Jun 18, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg56 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee51 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh46 min
Jun 18, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer56 min
Jun 18, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg50 min
Jun 18, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer37 min
Jun 18, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg55 min
Jun 18, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah37 min
Jun 18, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha63 min
Jun 18, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer44 min
Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer2 hr
Jun 18, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah48 min
Jun 18, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Jun 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha61 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg40 min
Jun 18, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer38 min
Jun 18, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer49 min
Jun 18, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg43 min
Jun 18, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee37 min
Jun 18, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha51 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh49 min
Jun 18, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore64 min
Jun 18, 11:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer100 min
Jun 18, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer35 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell53 min
Jun 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore46 min
Jun 19, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell54 min
Jun 19, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg61 min
Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell31 min
Jun 19, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.