Summary for February 11 1999:Severe thunderstorms fired up late on the morning of Feb. 11 along a strong cold front preceded by unseasonably warm and humid air as a potent upper level storm system approached.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Summary for February 11 1999:Severe thunderstorms fired up late on the morning of Feb. 11 along a strong cold front preceded by unseasonably warm and humid air as a potent upper level storm system approached. While most of the thunderstorms developed in western Arkansas, two severe thunderstorms with strong winds developed as far west as Delaware and Adair Counties. In southeast Oklahoma, a severe thunderstorm traveled across Choctaw County, producing damaging winds. The same storm later produced a tornado in McCurtain County.
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:05 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A cattle barn west of Hugo was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. In Hugo, over 550 PSO customers lost their power when the wind broke a support wire from an electric poll which then swung up into the power line, causing a power failure.
A pole barn was destroyed by strong winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, February 1999
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681037, 5681035, 5681036.