Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1999, 2:39 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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
- May 4, 1999, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1999, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Crawford County, AR, Sequoyah County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Natural Dam, AR | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Davidson, AR | A car was blown off of a road. Numerous trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1120 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999 RUNNING WAY BEHIND THIS MORNING. HAVE ISSUED UPDATED ZONES TWICE... ONCE TO UP POPS TO CATEGORICAL NORTH AND LIKELY SOUTH AND ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL ZONES...AND SECOND TO HEADLINE THE NEW TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4PM FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST TORNADIC THREAT WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA WHERE ATMOSPHERE IS LESS WORKED OVER...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THE BIGGEST THREAT IN THE NORTH. SEVERE HAIL LOOKS TO BE A POSSIBILITY JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. DID NOT TOUCH SECOND PERIOD AS TIMING OF DRYLINE STILL NOT CERTAIN. MAY PROLONG SEVERE...HEAVY RAIN THREAT INTO THE EVENING ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN ZONES WITH FUTURE UPDATES IF NEEDED. FCSTID = 19 .TUL... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY ALL ZONES. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY ALL ZONES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 4, 9:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 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 OSAGELocal storm report, May 4, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 1999 ...A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMAAND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 4 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS UNTIL 600 PM... NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT AREA WILL SHIFT TO FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY SITUATED OVER COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO WILL DEEPEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST INTO KANSAS BY THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WAS CURRENTLY OVER EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. AT THE SURFACE...A DRYLINE MOVING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... THE UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK CURRENTLY ROTATING AROUND THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACT AS SOURCE OF LIFT FOR THE FORMATION OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT OF THE POSITIONING OF THIS FEATURE...NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS WILL BE EXPECTED. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES AND THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN THE POSSSIBILITY OF TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...THE PROLONGED THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SURFACE DRYLINE WILL SERVE AS THE FOCUS FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT TO FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THIS EVENING. THE DRYLINE WILL BE EAST OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY MORNING THUS ENDING THE SEVERE THREAT OVER ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. SPOTTER GROUPS NOT ALREADY ACTIVATED SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION AT ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
Local storm report, May 4, 2:22 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 4, 2:22 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
222 PM CDT TUE MAY 04 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0135 PM 8 S PRAIRIE GROVE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/04/99 WASHINGTON HOUSE DESTROYED AND
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
0205 PM SPRINGDALE AR 1 INCH HAIL
05/04/99 WASHINGTONThe 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, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 51 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 | 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1999Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.