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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 4, 1999Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Arkansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 3:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindNatural Dam, ARNumerous trees were blown down.
May 4, 3:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindDavidson, ARA 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 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   OSAGE
Local storm report, May 4, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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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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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   WASHINGTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek46 min
May 3, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek61 min
May 3, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek53 min
May 3, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee37 min
May 3, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa49 min
May 3, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee41 min
May 3, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa43 min
May 3, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage50 min
May 3, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington47 min
May 3, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
May 3, 11:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPawnee38 min
May 3, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers47 min
May 4, 12:10 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa50 min
May 4, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers57 min
May 4, 12:25 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee35 min
May 4, 1:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee44 min
May 4, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner51 min
May 4, 1:42 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage33 min
May 4, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee43 min
May 4, 1:51 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee39 min
May 4, 1:57 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee33 min
May 4, 2:04 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee41 min
May 4, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee32 min
May 4, 2:36 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee39 min
May 4, 2:38 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner52 min
May 4, 2:46 AM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware44 min
May 4, 3:11 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair34 min
May 4, 7:26 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage34 min
May 4, 7:35 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer40 min
May 4, 7:54 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore66 min
May 4, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee38 min
May 4, 9:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage56 min
May 4, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata43 min
May 4, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha51 min
May 4, 10:56 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha49 min
May 4, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa60 min
May 4, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha47 min
May 4, 11:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington4 hr
May 4, 11:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata4 hr
May 4, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer46 min
May 4, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers57 min
May 4, 11:48 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore42 min
May 4, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa48 min
May 4, 12:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah54 min
May 4, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair46 min
May 4, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee51 min
May 4, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer3 hr
May 4, 1:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa3 hr
May 4, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer46 min
May 4, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha40 min
May 4, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw67 min
May 4, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee39 min
May 4, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer46 min
May 4, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore51 min
May 4, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian68 min
May 4, 9:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin39 min
May 4, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison34 min
May 4, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington41 min
May 4, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton51 min
May 4, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington45 min
May 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian52 min
May 4, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford37 min
May 4, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin47 min
May 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison47 min
May 4, 5:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton86 min

Nearby

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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.