3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 2:25 AM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 325 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 LARGE MCS ACROSS SE KS INTO CNTRL OK IS TAKING ITS TIME GETTING TO THE FORECAST AREA...BUT WILL SPREAD OVER NE OK SHORTLY. THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ON A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND AS IT ENCOUNTERS WEAKER WINDS ALOFT...BUT STILL COULD SEE AN ISOLATED HAILER OR TWO EARLIER THIS MORNING. TRUE COLD FRONT APPEARS TO BE OVER FAR SE KS INTO NW OK...WITH EXTENSIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS NE OK INTO CNTRL OK AND THE SRN TX PANHANDLE. REGARDLESS...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL EFFECTIVELY BECOME THE FRONT TODAY AND SHUD OUT OF SE OK BY THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG UPPER SHORTWAVE SWINGS THRU. MAJORITY OF POPS WILL BE CONFINED TO THIS MORNING...AND WILL TAKE A LAST LOOK AT RADAR BEFORE DECIDING ON FIRST PERIOD POPS. WILL LEAVE LINGERING POPS EARLY THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME SE OK...OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL FILTER OVER ERN OK/NW AR. DRIER AIR SHOULD REMAIN THRU THE WEEKEND...YIELDING PLEASANT DAYTIME TEMPS AND COOL NIGHTS. SFC RIDGE AXIS SETS UP OVER THE AREA LATE FRI AND FRI NIGHT...AND WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME RECORD LOW TEMPS IN THE VALLEYS OF NW AR. WILL TAKE A LOOK AT NEW MRF...BUT NOT ANTICIPATING ANY CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED. FCSTID = 18 PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 80 59 83 58 / 50 0 0 0 FSM 81 59 85 55 / 70 10 0 0 MLC 80 58 84 57 / 70 10 0 0 BVO 80 56 83 56 / 40 0 0 0 FYV 76 52 80 50 / 70 0 0 0 BYV 76 52 80 50 / 70 0 0 0 MIO 78 55 82 54 / 50 0 0 0 MKO 79 57 83 56 / 70 10 0 0 F10 80 59 83 58 / 50 0 0 0 HHW 80 60 85 57 / 70 20 0 0 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:45 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2001
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: 5253060, 5252857, 5252858, 5252859, 5252860, 5252861.