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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 4, 1999Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1999, 10:24 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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: May 4, 1999, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 1999, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 4, 10:50 AM CDT	Tornado F1	Clayton, OK	An F1 tornado touched down briefly near the Pushmataha/Pittsburg County line off of OK Hwy 43 in an unpopulated area 13 miles west of Clayton. After causing some tree damage, the tornado crossed briefly in Pittsburg County before lifting.
May 4, 10:51 AM CDT	Tornado F1	Hartshorne, OK	An F1 tornado touched down briefly near the Pittsburg/Pushmataha County line along OK Hwy 43. The tornado crossed the county line in an unpopulated area, causing only tree damage.
May 4, 11:00 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Hartshorne, OK

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 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 May 4, 4:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 4:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 5:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 5:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
517 AM CDT TUE MAY 04 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1212 AM    4 NE SAPULPA              OK    TORNADO
05/04/99   CREEK                           TORNADO REPORTED ON THE
                                           GROUND JUST EAST OF
                                           TURNER TURNPIKE GATE

1215 AM    WEST TULSA                OK    TORNADO
05/04/99   TULSA                           TORNADO REPORTED NEAR
                                           33RD WEST AVE AND 71ST
                                           STREET

1244 AM    2 N HOMINY                OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/04/99   OSAGE

0102 AM    WEST TULSA                OK    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/99   TULSA                           NEAR I44 AND ARKANSAS
                                           RIVER

0132 AM    4 W HOMINY                OK    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/99   OSAGE

0159 AM    1 S BOYNTON               OK    TORNADO
05/04/99   MUSKOGEE

Special weather statement, May 4, 6:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 9:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
920 AM CDT TUE MAY 04 1999

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0740 AM    4 N HOMINY                OK    TORNADO
05/04/99   OSAGE                           SPOTTERS REPORTED A
                                           BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.

0830 AM    1 S PANAMA                OK    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/99   LE

0912 AM    5 W HOMINY                OK    60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/04/99   OSAGE

0916 AM    5 W HOMINY                OK    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/99   OSAGE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	46 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, 11:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	37 min
May 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	49 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, 11:40 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, 11:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	47 min
May 4, 12:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Tulsa	50 min
May 4, 12:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers	57 min
May 4, 12:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	35 min
May 4, 1:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	44 min
May 4, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	51 min
May 4, 1:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	33 min
May 4, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	43 min
May 4, 1:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee	39 min
May 4, 1:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee	33 min
May 4, 2:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	41 min
May 4, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee	32 min
May 4, 2:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	39 min
May 4, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Wagoner	52 min
May 4, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	44 min
May 4, 3:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	34 min
May 4, 7:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	34 min
May 4, 7:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer	40 min
May 4, 7:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	66 min
May 4, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 4, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	56 min
May 4, 10:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	43 min
May 4, 10:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	49 min
May 4, 11:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	60 min
May 4, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	47 min
May 4, 11:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	4 hr
May 4, 11:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	4 hr
May 4, 11:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer	46 min
May 4, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	57 min
May 4, 11:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	42 min
May 4, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	48 min
May 4, 12:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	54 min
May 4, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	46 min
May 4, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	51 min
May 4, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Mayes, Wagoner	3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Latimer	3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	3 hr
May 4, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	46 min
May 4, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	40 min
May 4, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	67 min
May 4, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	39 min
May 4, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer	46 min
May 4, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	51 min
May 4, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	51 min
May 4, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	68 min
May 4, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	39 min
May 4, 9:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	34 min
May 4, 1:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	41 min
May 4, 1:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	51 min
May 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	45 min
May 4, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	52 min
May 4, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	37 min
May 4, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	47 min
May 4, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	47 min
May 4, 5:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton	86 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.