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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 3, 1999Craig County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1999, 4:23 AM CST for Craig County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 1999, 4:23 AM CST (10:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1999, 5:00 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 3:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 1999-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 862 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 1999-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 031023 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC021-035-091-097-101-145-031100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
423 AM CST SAT APR 3 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 422 AM CST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF WHITE OAK TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  OKAY TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF CHECOTAH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  WEBBERS FALLS...FORT GIBSON...
  BRAGGS...KEEFETON...OKTAHA...WARNER...PORUM...MUSKOGEE...
  RENTIESVILLE...CHECOTAH...DISNEY...LANGLEY...PENSACOLA...ADAIR...
  SPAVINAW...SALINA...ROSE...LOCUST
  GROVE...CHOUTEAU...PRYOR...WHITE OAK...BIG
  CABIN...KETCHUM...VINITA...OKAY...TULLAHASSEE...                   
  WAGONER...SCRAPER...PEGGS...ELDON...HULBERT...COOKSON...
  TAHLEQUAH AND OAKS.

WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

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 Apr 3, 12:53 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:53 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1253 AM CST SAT APR 3 1999

JUST UPDATED ZONES TO ADD NEW WW HEADLINE TO APPROPRIATE ZONES.  ALSO
INCREASED OVERNIGHT LOWS AND INCREASED POPS IN THE ZONES WITH THE
WATCH GIVEN SOLID NATURE OF THE LINE WHICH WILL APPROACH FROM THE
WEST BEFORE SUNRISE. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LARGEST PRESSURE
FALLS AND THE LOWEST LIFTED INDICES SOUTH ALONG THE RED
RIVER...THOUGH MODERATE INSTABILITIES AND PRESSURE FALLS EXTEND
NORTHEASTWARD ALL THE WAY INTO CENTRAL MO.

MORE BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM.

FCSTID = 22

.TUL...
OK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY FOR ZONES
OKZ054>056...OKTZ059>061...OKZ064>066.

AR...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:18 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
418 AM CST SAT APR 03 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0306 AM :   MANNFORD                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   CREEK

0306 AM    MANNFORD                  OK   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/99   CREEK
Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:21 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED                ...CORRECTED FOR TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
321 AM CST SAT APR 03 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0306 AM    MANNFORD                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   CREEK

0306 AM    MANNFORD                  OK   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/99   CREEK
Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:52 AM CST, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED                  ...CORRECTED FOR TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
352 AM CST SAT APR 03 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0344 AM    BIXBY                     OK   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/99   TULSA

0344 AM    BIXBY                     OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   TULSA
Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:02 AM CST, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED                   ...CORRECTED FOR TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
402 AM CST SAT APR 03 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0359 AM    BARTLESVILLE              OK   WIND DAMAGE
04/03/99   WASHINGTON                     WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF A
                                          HOUSE
Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:16 AM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
416 AM CST SAT APR 03 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0306 AM    BRISTOW                   OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   CREEK
Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:18 AM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
418 AM CST SAT APR 03 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0306 AM    MANNFORD                  OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/03/99   CREEK

0306 AM    MANNFORD                  OK   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/99   CREEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 2:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee58 min
Apr 3, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa49 min
Apr 3, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington49 min
Apr 3, 3:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage28 min
Apr 3, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner43 min
Apr 3, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers43 min
Apr 3, 4:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington41 min
Apr 3, 4:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner37 min
Apr 3, 4:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh37 min
Apr 3, 4:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa58 min
Apr 3, 5:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer62 min
Apr 3, 6:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw45 min
Apr 3, 6:12 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAPushmataha3 hr
Apr 3, 6:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore3 hr
Apr 3, 7:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore48 min
Apr 3, 10:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee39 min
Apr 3, 10:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha65 min
Apr 3, 11:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pushmataha39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.