Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 88, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 9:16 PM CDT for Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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
- Jun 1, 1999, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1999, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Latimer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.
139 WFUS54 KTSA 020219 RRA TORTUL OKC077-020245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 916 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 916 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED OAK. MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...THIS DANGEROUS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... RED OAK 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. 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 3512 9518 3497 9529 3482 9504 3501 9492
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, 9:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 9:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 910 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 JUST SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE TORNADO WATCH HEADLINES AND MENTION OF SEVERE IN ZONES WHERE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALSO DID A QUICK REVAMP OF POPS TO MATCH CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. A MORE THOROUGH UPDATE WILL BE FORTHCOMING WHEN THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCHES EXPIRE AT 10 PM. FCSTID = 19 .TUL... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0813 PM 3 E VAN BUREN AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 CRAWFORDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 8:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
814 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0813 PM 3 E VAN BUREN AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 CRAWFORDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 8:33 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0827 PM 4 W HACKETT AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 SEBASTIAN
0833 PM HUNTINGTON AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 SEBASTIANLocal storm report, Jun 1, 8:33 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0827 PM 4 W HACKETT AR 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 SEBASTIAN
0833 PM HUNTINGTON AR 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 SEBASTIANSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 8:40 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 OKZ057-058-061>063-065>072-ARZ001-020200- TORNADO WATCH 352 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR CHEROKEE CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE OKMULGEE OTTAWA ROGERS SEQUOYAH WAGONER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... BENTON OKZ074-ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-020200- TORNADO WATCH 352 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... HASKELL NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... CARROLL CRAWFORD FRANKLIN MADISON SEBASTIAN WASHINGTON OKZ049-053-073-075-076-020200- TORNADO WATCH 354 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... CHOCTAW LATIMER LEFLORE PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:40 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 840 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 OKZ057-058-061>063-065>072-ARZ001-020200- TORNADO WATCH 352 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR CHEROKEE CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES MCINTOSH MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE OKMULGEE OTTAWA ROGERS SEQUOYAH WAGONER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... BENTON OKZ074-ARZ002-010-011-019-020-029-020200- TORNADO WATCH 352 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... HASKELL NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... CARROLL CRAWFORD FRANKLIN MADISON SEBASTIAN WASHINGTON OKZ049-053-073-075-076-020200- TORNADO WATCH 354 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... CHOCTAW LATIMER LEFLORE PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA
The 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, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 50 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, 9:26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.