Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 86, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 7:40 PM CDT for Haskell County, McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. 3 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
- Jun 1, 1999, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Haskell County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Keota, OK | Several trees were blown down over OK Hwy 9 near Keota. |
| Jun 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Warner, OK | Numerous trees were blown over near Warner. |
| Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Porum, OK | Numerous trees were blown down near Porum. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 WFUS54 KTSA 020044 RRA TORTUL OKC061-091-101-020130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 740 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTHERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 740 PM CDT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF VIVIAN. RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED ANOTHER TORNADO 1 MILE EAST OF STIDHAM. RADAR INDICATED ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF WEBBERS FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... PORUM... BRIARTOWN...STIDHAM...VIVIAN...RAIFORD...HANNA...EUFAULA... TAMAHA...WHITEFIELD...ENTERPRISE...KINTA AND STIGLER IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...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
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 Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 350 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 PROBLEM(S) OF THE DAY: WILL STORMS BE SUPERCELLS OR NOT? POPS RADAR IS NOW SHOWING CONVECTIVE INITIATION ALONG THE FRONT NEAR I-44 IN NE OK. TSRA SHOULD CONTINUE DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST ALONG THE FRONT DURING NEXT HOUR OR TWO. WITH SUCH AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...TORNADOES ARE A POSSIBILITY WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS...THOUGH MORE FAVORABLE BACKED WINDS ARE IN SE OK. TEMPS IN SE OK HAVE REACHED THE LOW 90S...SO CONVECTIVE TEMP IS NEAR AND THE CAP SHOULD BREAK SOON. SPC HAS CALLED TO SAY THEY ARE CONSIDERING TORNADO WATCH THERE IN NEXT HOUR OR SO. LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE EVENING. THE LOGIC LAID OUT IN THE LATE MORNING DISCUSSION STILL LOOKS GOOD...SO REFER TO THAT DISC FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER LOGIC. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTH TONIGHT TO NEAR THE RED RIVER. AS THE FRONT SLOWS DOWN LATE TONIGHT...SOME TRAINING TSRA MAY TAKE PLACE IN FAR SE OK. 3-HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES DOWN THAT WAY ARE OVER 2 INCHES...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW. EVENING SHIFT MAY WANT TO MONITOR. AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL PERSIST ON WED AS THE FRONT LINGERS AROUND THE RED RIVER. WILL INCLUDE POPS EVERYWHERE TMRW WITH THE HIGHER POPS IN THE SOUTH WITH BETTER MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE. BIG UPPER TROF WILL DIG INTO THE WRN STATES AND BRING THE AREA INTO SOUTHWEST FLOW STARTING LATE WED NGT. SHORTWAVES BEING EJECTED FROM THE WESTERN TROF WILL LEAVE A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA IN THE FCST EACH DAY FROM THU THRU SUN. THE ETA SHOWS AN MCS MOVING FROM WRN OK THRU KS ON WED NGT. WILL HAVE HIGHER POPS IN NRN AND WRN ZNS ON WED NGT IN CASE THE MCS ROUNDS THE TOP OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND HEADS SE INTO THE FCST AREA. RAIN CHANCES ON SUN LOOK LIKE THE HIGHEST IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS THE WEAKENING UPPER LOW FINALLY MOVES EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. FCSTID = 22 TUL 65 86 69 83 / 10 20 40 30 FSM 67 88 67 88 / 40 30 20 30 MLC 65 88 70 86 / 40 30 30 30 BVO 62 86 66 82 / 5 20 50 30 FYV 60 84 62 84 / 40 20 30 30 IDB 69 87 68 88 / 40 40 20 30 BYV 60 85 62 85 / 40 20 30 30 MIO 62 85 63 83 / 30 20 30 30 MKO 65 87 68 85 / 30 30 30 30 F10 65 87 69 85 / 30 20 40 30 HHW 69 87 68 88 / 40 40 20 30 .TUL... AR...TORNADO WATCH FROM 345 PM CDT TuesdAy UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TuesdAy FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. OK...TORNADO WATCH FROM 345 PM CDT TuesdAy UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TuesdAy FOR ZONES OKZ057>058...OKZ061>063...OKZ065>072...OKZ074. -------------------- EXPERIMENTAL OUTPUT: HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED NEXT 24 HOURS: GOOD CHANCE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS NGM CONFIDENCE: 7 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 ETA CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 AVN CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 FCST CONFIDENCE: 8 ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:47 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
647 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0646 PM CHECOTAH OK TORNADO
06/01/99 MCINTOSHLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:47 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
647 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0646 PM CHECOTAH OK TORNADO
06/01/99 MCINTOSHLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:58 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
658 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 3 S BRAGGS OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 MUSKOGEE
0657 PM ONAPA OK TORNADO
06/01/99 MCINTOSHLocal storm report, Jun 1, 6:58 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
658 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 3 S BRAGGS OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 MUSKOGEE
0657 PM ONAPA OK TORNADO
06/01/99 MCINTOSHLocal storm report, Jun 1, 7:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
719 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0718 PM 4 W EUFAULA OK TORNADO
06/01/99 MCINTOSHLocal storm report, Jun 1, 7:19 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
719 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0718 PM 4 W EUFAULA OK TORNADO
06/01/99 MCINTOSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.