1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 13, 2:25 AM CST, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 325 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 ...RETRANSMISSION COLD-POOL DRIVEN MCS MOVED INTO NE OK MUCH QUICKER THAN ANY OF THE NUMERICAL MODELS (AND THIS FORECASTER) HAD ANTICIPATED. NRN END CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER NE OK WITH GUST FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING INTO TULSA...WHILE LOW-LEVEL JET IS MAINTAINING STRONG STORMS ALG ITS SRN EDGE IN CNTRL OK. SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT IS STILL WELL N OF THE FORECAST AREA...STRETCHING FROM SRN IA-SCNTRL KS-TX PANHANDLE AT 08Z. HAVE NOTED AN INCREASE IN POST-FRONTAL CONVECTION OVER KS DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...IN RESPONSE TO SHARP MID-LEVEL TROF/LARGE SCALE UVV. EXPECT INITIAL MCS TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THIS MORNING...LEAVING A PRONOUNCED SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. EVOLUTION OF ANY CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT IS REALLY IN QUESTION...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABE WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG SYNOPTIC/MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES AND IMPRESSIVE LIFT AIDED BY RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF H25 JET. WONT GET TOO FANCY WITH POPS TODAY...AND WILL GENERALLY BROADBRUSH LIKELY POPS FOR MOST OF THE AREA. WILL HAVE SOME LINGERING PRECIP OVER SE OK/WRN AR MAINLY THIS EVENING...OTHERWISE DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR WILL FILTER ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS. WEDNESDAY SHAPING UP TO BE A PLEASANT AUGUST DAY...WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. WARM-UP WILL COMMENCE BY THU AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. LITTLE IF ANY CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST PACKAGE BEYOND THURSDAY. PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 80 62 87 65 / 70 20 10 10 FSM 88 65 88 66 / 70 40 10 10 MLC 87 66 88 66 / 70 40 10 10 BVO 80 60 87 63 / 70 20 10 10 FYV 81 61 84 58 / 70 40 10 10 BYV 79 59 82 62 / 70 40 10 10 MIO 78 59 84 63 / 70 20 10 10 MKO 83 63 87 66 / 70 20 10 10 F10 83 64 88 66 / 70 20 10 10 HHW 89 68 89 70 / 70 50 20 10 FORECAST ID = 18 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
OKZ054>067-131000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 425 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 601 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR...OSAGE... WASHINGTON...NOWATA...OTTAWA...CRAIG...DELAWARE...ROGERS...PAWNEE... MAYES...TULSA...CREEK...WAGONER...OKMULGEE AND OKFUSKEE COUNTIES... HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AND A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA / NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY... A WEAKENING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...LEAVING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF SOUTHERN KANSAS LATER THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY. INCREASING WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CAUSE SOME STORMS TO BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE SURFACE HEATING WILL RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TODAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF OF INTERSTATE 44 THIS AFTERNOON. .DISCUSSION... AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG COLD FONT PUSHING ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS TODAY WILL INTERACT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. SURFACE-BASED CAPE VALUES UP TO 2500 J/KG WILL DEVELOP MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR BY THIS AFTERNOON WHERE SURFACE DEW POINTS REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S. ADDITIONAL LIFT WILL BE PROVIDED AS THIS AREA ALSO FALLS UNDER THE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF A 70 KT SOUTHWESTERLY JET STREAK AHEAD OF A SHARP UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE DAMAGING WINDS AS STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE INTO A LINE THIS AFTERNOON. RISK TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC TUESDAY AREA 1... PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...40 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 RISK AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE OR LARGER HAIL. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down two main line power poles along Garland Avenue. This caused power to be cut off to 1400 customers.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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