May 3, 1999 warnings

[conestogo_flood]

Does anyone have any of the tornado warnings issued that day? Or have any idea what the warning messages said on the F5 tornado?

[6SpeedTA95]

What are you trying to get? I have some websites book marked at work but here's what I have on this PC

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/smrwkshp/199 ... ccase.html

Thats mostly meteorological data and not specifically warning info...I"ll see what else I can turn up.

[conestogo_flood]

Oh my...

STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
659 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1999

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 715 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DISCUSSION...LONG TRACKED VIOLENT TORNADO IS APPROACHING THE OKC
METRO AREA. EXTREME INSTABILITY IS COMPENSATING FOR SOMEWHAT
MARGINAL SHEAR...RESULTING IN AN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

[6SpeedTA95]

http://www.stormadventures.com/Tornados/May3_1999.htm

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/may3outbreak.html

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/speci ... _1999.html

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/headlines/outbreak.shtml

http://www.geocities.com/aaron_blaser/A ... rnado.html

[6SpeedTA95]

Oh my...

STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
659 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1999

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 715 PM UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DISCUSSION...LONG TRACKED VIOLENT TORNADO IS APPROACHING THE OKC
METRO AREA. EXTREME INSTABILITY IS COMPENSATING FOR SOMEWHAT
MARGINAL SHEAR...RESULTING IN AN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

Whats amazing is the entire system basically caught SPC way offguard. The day/night before (aka may 2nd) they only had a slight risk up. It wasn't until the 6am update that they issued an MDT. Finally at about 3 in the afternoon they bumped it to a high risk.

[6SpeedTA95]

11AM on may 3rd still a MDT...didn't go high until almost 4pm.