Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1999, 7:44 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1999, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Yanush, OK | Location: on the Latimer/Pushmataha county line |
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Tuskahoma, OK | Location: on the Latimer/Pushmataha county line |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 26, 3:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
448 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1255 PM VINITA OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG SEVERAL RURAL ROADS
SOUTH OF VINITA CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATERLocal storm report, Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT
CRAIG COUNTY CLOSED DUE
TOP HIGH WATER.
0200 PM BIG CABIN OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG HIGHWAY 69 NORTH OF BIG
CABIN HAD WATER
COVERING ROAD.
0200 PM MIAMI OK FLOOD
04/26/99 OTTAWA NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE
CITY OF MIAMI CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT
CRAIG COUNTY CLOSED DUE
TOP HIGH WATER.
0200 PM BIG CABIN OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG HIGHWAY 69 NORTH OF BIG
CABIN HAD WATER
COVERING ROAD.
0200 PM MIAMI OK FLOOD
04/26/99 OTTAWA NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE
CITY OF MIAMI CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM 7 N MC ALESTER OK FLOOD
04/26/99 PITTSBURG COUNTY ROAD FLOODED.
1106 AM WILBURTON OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 LATIMER TREES DOWN IN WILBURTON.
1110 AM BIXBY OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA MOBILE HOME FLIPPED
NEAR 181ST STREET AND
YALE
1118 AM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA TIN BUILDING DAMAGED
NEAR YALE AND DAWSON.
1151 AM BIXBY OK 58 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 TULSA
1200 PM HITCHITA OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MCINTOSH LOW WATER CROSSING
FLOODED NEAR HITCHITA.
1245 PM MULDROW OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 SEQUOYAH
0100 PM 5 S MANSFIELD AR WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 SEBASTIAN TREE LIMBS DOWN
0145 PM ALTUS AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 FRANKLIN
0200 PM PRYOR OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MAYES OLD AIRPORT ROAD NORTH
OF PRYOR FLOODED.
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 NOWATA SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED THROUGHOUT
NOWATA COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM 7 N MC ALESTER OK FLOOD
04/26/99 PITTSBURG COUNTY ROAD FLOODED.
1106 AM WILBURTON OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 LATIMER TREES DOWN IN WILBURTON.
1110 AM BIXBY OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA MOBILE HOME FLIPPED
NEAR 181ST STREET AND
YALE
1118 AM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA TIN BUILDING DAMAGED
NEAR YALE AND DAWSON.
1151 AM BIXBY OK 58 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 TULSA
1200 PM HITCHITA OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MCINTOSH LOW WATER CROSSING
FLOODED NEAR HITCHITA.
1245 PM MULDROW OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 SEQUOYAH
0100 PM 5 S MANSFIELD AR WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 SEBASTIAN TREE LIMBS DOWN
0145 PM ALTUS AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 FRANKLIN
0200 PM PRYOR OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MAYES OLD AIRPORT ROAD NORTH
OF PRYOR FLOODED.
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 NOWATA SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED THROUGHOUT
NOWATA COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM ASHLAND OK .75 INCH HAIL
04/26/99 PITTSBURG
0713 PM KIOWA OK .88 INCH HAIL
04/26/99 PITTSBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 51 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.