Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1998, 10:49 PM CDT for Creek County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 6 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
- Oct 4, 1998, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1998, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 11:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Slick, OK | Several large tree limbs were blown down |
| Oct 4, 11:04 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Nuyaka, OK | This tornado track is the continuation of the same tornado that tracked through Okfuskee County earlier in the evening, producing F2 damage. In Okmulgee County, the tornado only produced F0 damage in the form of numerous trees downed/uprooted along its path. |
| Oct 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Nuyaka, OK | The school in Nuyaka had some roof damage where the metal was torn off and twisted. Sheet metal from barns and sheds lay on the ground. A church had its steeple blown away. A trailer had sheet metal peeled up on it, and the barn that stood in front of it wa |
| Oct 4, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Nuyaka, OK | A seasoned storm chaser on an aerial survey of the area reported a one-mile damage track through a forested area in the Okmulgee Wildlife Management Area just east of Nuyaka. The degree of tree damage suggested the tornado was F1 intensity. Damage in this un |
| Oct 4, 11:21 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Preston, OK | |
| Oct 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Preston, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 28.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
152
WFUS54 KTSA 050350 RRA
TORTUL
OKC037-111-050430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1049 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 1998
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
SOUTHEAST CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWEST OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1049 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BEGGS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MILES PER HOUR.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MOUNDS...
HECTOR...BEGGS AND PRESTON
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE
PLACE NOW
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 NOW
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING - IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET A
SAFE PLACEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Oct 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Oct 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 50 min |
| Oct 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 56 min |
| Oct 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 36 min |
| Oct 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 43 min |
| Oct 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 38 min |
| Oct 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 36 min |
| Oct 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 51 min |
| Oct 5, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Oct 5, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 12:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 29 min |
| Oct 5, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 12:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 115 min |
| Oct 5, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 52 min |
| Oct 5, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 49 min |
| Oct 5, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 37 min |
| Oct 5, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 51 min |
| Oct 5, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 41 min |
| Oct 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 26 min |
| Oct 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 49 min |
| Oct 5, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 10:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 61 min |
| Oct 5, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 25 min |
| Oct 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.