Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 11, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 11, 2002
Start: 2002-07-11T18:30
End: 2002-07-11T19:00
Location: Oklahoma

July 11, 2002 · NWS TSA · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 11, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
250 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002

EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY SOMEWHAT OVER MOST OF
THE FA THIS AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS TRUE SYNOPTIC FRONT REMAINS UP IN
KS...THOUGH OUTFLOW FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION HAS RESULTED IN A
NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. WILL HAVE TO
WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG LINGERING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...ESP. ACROSS FAR SE OK WHERE FULL SUN HAS
RESULTED IN DIFFERENTIAL HEATING THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FRONT TO GET
A GOOD PUSH TONIGHT AS VORT LOBE SWINGS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW. WILL KEEP CHC POPS FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...THEN
TAPER TO SLIGHT CHANCE FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS SURFACE FOCUS PUSHES
FURTHER SOUTH. MODELS HINT AT WEAK UPPER FEATURE BREAKING OFF FROM
MAIN LOW OVER THE WEEKEND...SO WILL KEEP LOW POPS REST OF THE
WEEKEND THROUGH MONDAY. ECMWF WEAKENS THIS UPPER FEATURE AND DRIFTS
IT FURTHER SOUTHWEST AND AWAY FROM THE FA TOWARDS THE MIDDLE PART OF
NEXT WEEK. WILL BE OPTIMISTIC FOR NOW AND LEAVE TUE-THU DRY.

TUL  68  87  66  89 /  40  30  20  20
FSM  70  88  67  89 /  40  30  20  20
MLC  70  89  67  89 /  40  30  20  20
BVO  67  85  65  89 /  40  30  20  20
FYV  66  83  63  85 /  40  30  20  20
BYV  65  82  64  84 /  40  30  20  20
MIO  68  85  65  87 /  40  30  20  20
MKO  70  87  66  89 /  40  30  20  20
F10  71  87  67  89 /  40  30  20  20
HHW  72  90  67  89 /  40  30  20  20

FORECAST ID= 23

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:00 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA / NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
200 PM CDT THU JUL 11 2002

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ACROSS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS
THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE WITH
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH THE MAIN THREAT. A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS CENTRAL
KANSAS PUSHES INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:31 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha

When: July 11, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County, 3 mi SW of Rattan
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.167, -95.450

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw

When: July 11, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Choctaw County, 3 mi E of Hugo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.017, -95.467

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, July 2002

Sources

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: 5310848, 5310849.