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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 448, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1999, 4:28 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 26, 1999, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 1999, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Inola, OK | Winds blew 4-5" diameter tree limbs down. |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Claremore, OK | A "rope" tornado caused roof damage to a barn, blew the roof off a mobile home and caused other damage 5 miles northeast of Owasso. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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 Aug 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 64 min |
| Aug 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 45 min |
| Aug 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 59 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.