Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1999, 3:49 AM CDT for Dewey County, Major County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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 5, 1999, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1999, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Dewey County, OK, Major County, OK
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 930 PM CDT SUN APR 4 1999 ISOLATED STRONG STORMS THAT MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO UNCAPPED AIRMASS HAVE SINCE DISSIPATED. HOWEVER... WILL SEE MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD IN FROM WEST TEXAS AS A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM MOVES EAST OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE... LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE FA. HAVE UPDATE TSTM OUTLOOK TO REFLECT CURRENT THINKING. EARLIER UPDATED A FEW ZONE FORECASTS TO REFLECT SOME OF THE EVENING CONVECTION. CURRENT PACKAGE STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. 32 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 2:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
239 AM CDT MON APR 5 1999
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0240 AM MOORELAND OK 70 MPH WIND GUST
04/05/99 WOODWARD
FMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 2:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 2:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 3:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Major | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 4:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 5:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Seminole | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 42 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.