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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 17, 1999Cherokee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1999, 2:27 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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 17, 1999, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1999, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 2:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Hulbert, OKAt 245 AM CDT, there was a public report of 60 mph winds 5 miles west of Hulburt. Near Hulburt, a mobile home was knocked off of its foundation.In Sequoyah State Park, winds demolished an old water tower, though park officials had been planning to demolish it
May 17, 2:50 AM CDTThunderstorm WindSallisaw, OKSouth of Sallisaw, a trailer was blown 15 feet into an electric pole. A nearby chicken house suffered serious damage, with 50-60 chickens perishing. Numerous tree limbs were blown down in Sallisaw.
May 17, 2:55 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Tahlequah, OKNumerous trees and tree limbs were blown over throughout Cherokee County, including Tahlequah. Many trees were blown into electrical lines. Strong winds also caused heavy damage to the county's north solid waste transfer station.

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 17, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1999-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1195 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1999-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
7.5

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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 May 16, 10:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 10:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 1999

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LOCATED
FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...SECOND
AREA OF STORMS WHICH DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE NOW MOVING
ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  EXPECT THE STORMS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL
WEAKEN SOME AS THEY APPOROACH OUR FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT
SOME MAY STILL BE MARGINAL AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
TORNADO WATCH 279 IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM
AND EXPECT MORE WATCHES FOR FORECAST AREA BEFORE NIGHT IS THROUGH AS
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO AREA JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK.  HAVE UPPED
THE POP TO LIKELY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA TO
CHANCE IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.  UPDATED
FORECAST WILL BE OUT WITHIN 5 MINUTES.

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OK...NONE.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
May 16, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
May 17, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee49 min
May 17, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington43 min
May 17, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa25 min
May 17, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee53 min
May 17, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata46 min
May 17, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee57 min
May 17, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg57 min
May 17, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig41 min
May 17, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Muskogee56 min
May 17, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes54 min
May 17, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair55 min
May 17, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore55 min
May 17, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa53 min
May 17, 8:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek32 min
May 17, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa30 min
May 17, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner29 min
May 17, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell45 min
May 17, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg35 min
May 17, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair45 min
May 17, 10:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah45 min
May 17, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell35 min
May 17, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg40 min
May 17, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha44 min
May 17, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg43 min
May 17, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore40 min
May 17, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore2 hr
May 17, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer115 min
May 17, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore37 min
May 17, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha54 min
May 17, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
May 17, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah51 min
May 17, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian55 min
May 17, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Madison54 min
May 17, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll54 min
May 17, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington15 min
May 17, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton15 min
May 17, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll51 min
May 17, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington35 min
May 17, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison28 min
May 17, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian38 min
May 17, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian2 hr
May 17, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian48 min
May 17, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison17 min
May 17, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian3 hr

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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.