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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 1999Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1999, 9:14 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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 26, 1999, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pushmataha 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 26, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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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, 9:10 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
910 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999

WILL WAIT FOR WATCH TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM TO SEND UPDATED ZONES.  WILL
TAKE OUT THE MENTION OF SEVERE...BUT MAY HANG ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS AS THERE STILL ARE A FEW STORMS ROTATING SOUTHEAST AROUND THE
BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW SEEN IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS IN WATOR VAPOR
IMAGERY.  LOW TEMPERATURES LOOK O.K. EXCEPT AT MLC WHERE IT HAS
RAINED.  IF SKY CLEARS FOR A WHILE THE MENTION OF PATCHY FOG LOOKS
GOOD AS TEMP-DEW POINT SPREADS ARE NOT MUCH AND WIND WILL BE LIGHT.

.TUL...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

ABBAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 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 WATER

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 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, 3 hours 39 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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 32 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, 1 hour 57 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   PITTSBURG

The 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, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pushmataha	46 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.