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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 451, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 26, 1999Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1999, 5:44 PM CDT for Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 1999, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 26, 6:03 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 57	Leach, OK
Aug 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Spavinaw, OK	Trees were blown down onto power lines.

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, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 1:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	47 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, 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.