Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 279
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 16, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 36 counties in Oklahoma; 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1999, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties
Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
35 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 43 min |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 53 min |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 53 min |
| May 16, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 66 min |
| May 16, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 47 min |
| May 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 44 min |
| May 16, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 53 min |
| May 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 46 min |
| May 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Foard, Wilbarger | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 3 hr |
| May 16, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 60 min |
| May 16, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 66 min |
| May 16, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 45 min |
| May 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 51 min |
| May 16, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 48 min |
| May 16, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 45 min |
| May 16, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| May 16, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 47 min |
| May 16, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 49 min |
| May 16, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 34 min |
| May 17, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 28 min |
| May 17, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray | 28 min |
| May 17, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 34 min |
| May 17, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 17, 12:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| May 17, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo | 39 min |
| May 17, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian | 48 min |
| May 17, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 45 min |
| May 17, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 48 min |
| May 17, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 49 min |
| May 17, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 17, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 33 min |
| May 17, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 33 min |
| May 17, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 49 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 16, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Ellis and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | LeFlore | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 6 hr |
| May 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Collin and 47 more | 5 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.