1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 9, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001 CONVECTIVE LINE HAS PUSHED EAST OF AREA THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT/MOD STRATIFORM RAIN BEHIND LINE OVER FAR EASTERN OK/NW ARK. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR A BVO/OUN/SPS LINE. SCT SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER TX PANHANDLE/NW OK IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPPER LOW. MAY CARRY ISOLATED POPS OVER NE OK THIS MORNING...DEPENDING ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. SHOULD ONLY AMOUNT TO A FEW SPRINKLES HOWEVER. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST OF FA BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH SKIES CLEARING FROM THE WEST OVER NE OKLAHOMA. REMAINDER OF NW ARK/FAR SE OK SHOULD CLEAR OUT DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WITH LIGHT WINDS/CLEAR SKIES SHOULD SEE GOOD RADIATION COOLING SET UP OVER NORTHERN AREAS. GIVEN PREV RAINS OVER NW ARK...PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXTENDED...SFC RIDGE REMAINS OVER AREA MON-WED...WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND EXPECTED AS AIRMASS MODERATES. WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY FORECAST AS UPPER HIGH REMAINS IN CONTROL. WEAK BACK DOOR COOL FRONT APPROACHES NW ARK ON FRI...BUT SHOULD HAVE LITTLE IMPACT AS SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW QUICKLY RETURNS. FCSTID = 12 PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 77 53 83 54 / 0 0 0 0 FSM 77 56 85 56 / 0 0 0 0 MLC 77 53 84 56 / 0 0 0 0 BVO 77 49 83 50 / 10 0 0 0 FYV 72 49 78 50 / 10 0 0 0 BYV 72 49 78 50 / 10 0 0 0 MIO 77 49 83 50 / 10 0 0 0 MKO 77 53 83 54 / 0 0 0 0 F10 77 53 83 54 / 0 0 0 0 HHW 80 57 85 61 / 0 0 0 0 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
OKZ058-063-065-066-068>071-090415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1047 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 733 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES EASTERN OKLAHOMA... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...CHEROKEE...ADAIR... DELAWARE...AND OTTAWA. THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE WATCH AREA AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MANNING
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091100- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1048 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT... .DISCUSSION... A BROAD BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY DEVELOPED IN A ZONE OF STRONG LIFTING AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...MAINLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HENRYETTA TO JAY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS AND PRODUCE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...BUT THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. LOCALIZED STORM TOTALS FROM RAINS THROUGH TONIGHT COULD EXCEED 5 INCHES IN A FEW AREAS.
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053-072>076-090530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1200 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 732 HAS EXPIRED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 732 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EXPIRED AT MIDNIGHT. THE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALIZED FLOODING HAS WEAKENED AND WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BUT ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MANNING
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:40 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A small fire was sparked by lightning in the local hospital. Damage was minor.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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