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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 6, 1998Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 1998, 11:44 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 6, 1998, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 1998, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 6, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1998-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

744 
WFUS54 KTSA 070445 RRA
TORTUL
OKC121-127-070530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1144 PM CDT MON APR 6 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA

   ...EXTREME SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY

AT 1142 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 4O MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF
CLAYTON.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage59 min
Apr 6, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee43 min
Apr 6, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage41 min
Apr 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee51 min
Apr 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg51 min
Apr 6, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee63 min
Apr 6, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg46 min
Apr 6, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee37 min
Apr 6, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah39 min
Apr 6, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer41 min
Apr 6, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer52 min
Apr 6, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg64 min
Apr 6, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore43 min
Apr 6, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg57 min
Apr 6, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair50 min
Apr 6, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah28 min
Apr 6, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha36 min
Apr 6, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore66 min
Apr 6, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa33 min
Apr 7, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 min
Apr 7, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner50 min
Apr 7, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha30 min
Apr 7, 12:51 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.