Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 500
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 30, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1999, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Barber County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Harper County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1999Tornado Watches in Kansas, 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.