Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 198
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 3, 1999, 7:15 PM CDT for 39 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1999, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1999, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Wichita County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
55 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 24 min |
| May 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major | 31 min |
| May 3, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 37 min |
| May 3, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 39 min |
| May 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 52 min |
| May 3, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 28 min |
| May 3, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 33 min |
| May 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 52 min |
| May 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 34 min |
| May 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 31 min |
| May 3, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 29 min |
| May 3, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 23 min |
| May 3, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma | 27 min |
| May 3, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 51 min |
| May 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 49 min |
| May 3, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| May 3, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 24 min |
| May 3, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 49 min |
| May 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 44 min |
| May 3, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 40 min |
| May 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 32 min |
| May 3, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 50 min |
| May 3, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 46 min |
| May 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 29 min |
| May 3, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 3, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 52 min |
| May 3, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 35 min |
| May 3, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 37 min |
| May 3, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 51 min |
| May 3, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 28 min |
| May 3, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 36 min |
| May 3, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 3, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 61 min |
| May 3, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 53 min |
| May 3, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 34 min |
| May 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 45 min |
| May 3, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 48 min |
| May 3, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 3, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 49 min |
| May 3, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 33 min |
| May 3, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 41 min |
| May 3, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 43 min |
| May 3, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 39 min |
| May 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 37 min |
| May 3, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 35 min |
| May 3, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 47 min |
| May 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| May 3, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 60 min |
| May 3, 11:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 38 min |
| May 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 35 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Love, Marshall | 5 hr |
| May 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 42 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bandera, Brown, Burnet, Concho, Coryell, Crockett and 18 more | 2 hr |
| May 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 46 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1999Tornado Watches in Texas, 1999Every tornado watch in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.