Tornado Warning 77, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Oct 5, 1998, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 1998, 4:30 AM CDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Benton County, AR

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS54 KTSA 050909 RRA
TORTUL
ARC007-050930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
407 AM CDT MON OCT 5 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
     WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 407 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG  
ROTATION NEAR GENTRY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR.  THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  
GENTRY...BELLA VISTA...HIWASSE...CENTERTON...DECATUR 
...GRAVETTE...MAYSVILLE AND BENTONVILLE

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3641 9458 3625 9456 3633 9420 3650 9424

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 5, 3:55 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1010 AM CDT MON OCT 5 1998

HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTHEAST AND IS STILL MAKING PROGRESS
EASTWARD. HOWEVER BIG PIECE OF ENERGY STILL TO ROUND BASE OF
UPPER TROF AND MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MIAMI TO
OKEMAH BUT 850 MB TROF IS STILL NORTHWEST OF THE FORECAST
AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE
NORTHEAST OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH MAIN AREAS OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS SOUTHEAST OF CURRENT POSITION
OF SURFACE COLD FRONT. DUE TO CURRENT RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS IN EFFECT WON'T CANCEL  ANY OF THE FFA AT THIS
TIME...BUT THREAT WILL HAVE SHIFTED INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...SO PLAN ON SHAVING
OFF NORTHWEST PART OF WATCH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

WILL UPDATE ZONES TO LOWER MAXES BEHIND COLD FRONT WHERE CLOUDS
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE STEADY OR FALL WITH PRECIP OVER THE
REST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT NEAR RED RIVER WHERE SUNSHINE
COULD LET TEMPS WARM INTO MID 80S. THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD
BE LIMITED TO THAT AREA...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR LEADING
EDGE OF STORMS FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION. UPDATED ZONES
SHOULD BE OUT BY 11AM.

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>077.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES $ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...
ARZ019>020...ARZ029.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.