Tornado Warning 75, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 1, 1999, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1999, 5:30 AM CDT

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Okfuskee County, OK

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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.

999 
WFUS54 KTSA 010947 RRA
TORTUL
OKC107-011030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
445 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 445 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER BEARDEN.
  THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  PHAROAH...
  CLEARVIEW...BEARDEN...WELEETKA AND OKEMAH

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...VIOLENT STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
POSSIBLY A TORNADO. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3546 9646 3530 9644 3530 9609 3547 9610

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 31, 9:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 10 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
935 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1999

THE ATMOSPHERE IS AMASSING NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE WEAPONS ON OUR WESTERN
FRONT THIS EVENING.  IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THE SUPERCELLULAR STORMS
OVER MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL EVENTUALLY FORM INTO A COMPLEX AND
SURGE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW.  THE
PRIMARY CONCERN INITIALLY WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY STRONG AND
DAMAGING WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CONVECTION.  HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL ALSO BE A THREAT BEFORE THE COMPLEX PASSES COMPLETELY THROUGH
THE AREA.  HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCREASE POPS AND MENTION SEVERE FOR
THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT.

ALSO ISSUED FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING FOR
ALL BUT THE RED RIVER VALLEY.  THE GROUND IS STILL WET OVER THE AREA
FROM THIS MORNINGS RAINFALL RESULTING IN 3 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
VALUES UNDER 2 INCHES OVER THE WATCH AREA.  WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE RAINS END TOMORROW.

A SECOND COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO MAY ALSO
EFFECT THE AREA BEGINNING VERY LATE TONIGHT.  THIS WILL ONLY MAKE THE
FLOODING SITUATION WORSE.

FCSTID = 19

.TUL...
AR...FFA FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ALL ZONES.
OK...FFA FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ZNS 054-076.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.