Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1999, 9:24 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1999, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1999, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pushmataha County, OK
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS54 KTSA 270227 RRA TORTUL OKC127-270315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 924 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 924 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES WEST OF CLOUDY. MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CLOUDY IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW LAT...LON 3441 9540 3427 9553 3413 9516 3417 9496
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 9:10 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 910 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999 WILL WAIT FOR WATCH TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM TO SEND UPDATED ZONES. WILL TAKE OUT THE MENTION OF SEVERE...BUT MAY HANG ON TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AS THERE STILL ARE A FEW STORMS ROTATING SOUTHEAST AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW SEEN IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS IN WATOR VAPOR IMAGERY. LOW TEMPERATURES LOOK O.K. EXCEPT AT MLC WHERE IT HAS RAINED. IF SKY CLEARS FOR A WHILE THE MENTION OF PATCHY FOG LOOKS GOOD AS TEMP-DEW POINT SPREADS ARE NOT MUCH AND WIND WILL BE LIGHT. .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...NONE. ABBAS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
448 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1255 PM VINITA OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG SEVERAL RURAL ROADS
SOUTH OF VINITA CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATERLocal storm report, Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT
CRAIG COUNTY CLOSED DUE
TOP HIGH WATER.
0200 PM BIG CABIN OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG HIGHWAY 69 NORTH OF BIG
CABIN HAD WATER
COVERING ROAD.
0200 PM MIAMI OK FLOOD
04/26/99 OTTAWA NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE
CITY OF MIAMI CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
535 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG COUNTY ROADS THROUGHOUT
CRAIG COUNTY CLOSED DUE
TOP HIGH WATER.
0200 PM BIG CABIN OK FLOOD
04/26/99 CRAIG HIGHWAY 69 NORTH OF BIG
CABIN HAD WATER
COVERING ROAD.
0200 PM MIAMI OK FLOOD
04/26/99 OTTAWA NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE
CITY OF MIAMI CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER.Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM 7 N MC ALESTER OK FLOOD
04/26/99 PITTSBURG COUNTY ROAD FLOODED.
1106 AM WILBURTON OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 LATIMER TREES DOWN IN WILBURTON.
1110 AM BIXBY OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA MOBILE HOME FLIPPED
NEAR 181ST STREET AND
YALE
1118 AM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA TIN BUILDING DAMAGED
NEAR YALE AND DAWSON.
1151 AM BIXBY OK 58 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 TULSA
1200 PM HITCHITA OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MCINTOSH LOW WATER CROSSING
FLOODED NEAR HITCHITA.
1245 PM MULDROW OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 SEQUOYAH
0100 PM 5 S MANSFIELD AR WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 SEBASTIAN TREE LIMBS DOWN
0145 PM ALTUS AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 FRANKLIN
0200 PM PRYOR OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MAYES OLD AIRPORT ROAD NORTH
OF PRYOR FLOODED.
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 NOWATA SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED THROUGHOUT
NOWATA COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM 7 N MC ALESTER OK FLOOD
04/26/99 PITTSBURG COUNTY ROAD FLOODED.
1106 AM WILBURTON OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 LATIMER TREES DOWN IN WILBURTON.
1110 AM BIXBY OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA MOBILE HOME FLIPPED
NEAR 181ST STREET AND
YALE
1118 AM TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 TULSA TIN BUILDING DAMAGED
NEAR YALE AND DAWSON.
1151 AM BIXBY OK 58 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 TULSA
1200 PM HITCHITA OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MCINTOSH LOW WATER CROSSING
FLOODED NEAR HITCHITA.
1245 PM MULDROW OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 SEQUOYAH
0100 PM 5 S MANSFIELD AR WIND DAMAGE
04/26/99 SEBASTIAN TREE LIMBS DOWN
0145 PM ALTUS AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
04/26/99 FRANKLIN
0200 PM PRYOR OK FLOOD
04/26/99 MAYES OLD AIRPORT ROAD NORTH
OF PRYOR FLOODED.
0200 PM COUNTY WIDE OK FLOOD
04/26/99 NOWATA SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED THROUGHOUT
NOWATA COUNTY.Local storm report, Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 PM CDT MON APR 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM ASHLAND OK .75 INCH HAIL
04/26/99 PITTSBURG
0713 PM KIOWA OK .88 INCH HAIL
04/26/99 PITTSBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 46 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.