3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 Jul 24, 3:40 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 440 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2001 QUICK UPDATE TO EXTEND TSRA COVERAGE FURTHER WEST TO ACCOUNT FOR PRESENT ACTIVITY. EVEN ISOLATED SEVERE CONVECTION HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES. WILL KEEP TSRA ACTIVITY CONFINED TO THE EVENING HOURS AS THINGS SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY WITH THE LOSS OF INSOLATION. UPDATE OUT IN A FEW OF M INUTES... MANNING FCSTID = 24 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...HEAT ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES OKZ054>055...OKZ059>060...OKZ064.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down and damaged a barn.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and damaged the roofs of a few barns.
Thunderstorm wind estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree blocked a road. Power lines were also blown down.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused numerous roads to be flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 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: 5260584, 5260585, 5260586, 5260587.