2 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 Jul 24, 1:35 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 235 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS CONCERN FIRST PERIOD POPS THEN RETURN TO HEAT/HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. ISOLATED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ALONG LINGERING SFC BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS SE OK INTO WCNTRL AR. INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE QUITE SHORT-LIVED BUT STILL COULD PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS THRU THE EARLY EVENING. WILL TAKE A LOOK AT RADAR BEFORE DECIDING ON EVENING POPS...BUT WILL LIKELY CARRY 20 POPS GENERALLY S OF INTERSTATE 40. BY TOMORROW...UPPER RIDGE WILL BRIDGE ACROSS THE SRN/SERN U.S. WITH THE MAIN BELT OF WESTERLIES REMAINING TO OUR N. IM A BIT CONCERNED THAT THE ETA IS DRYING OUT THE LOW-LEVELS TOO QUICKLY BY THU/FRI...ALTHO INCREASED SFC FLOW WILL HELP TO MIX OUT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE A BIT. KEPT THE HOT TEMPS GOING...BUT SHADED HIGHS DOWN A DEGREE OR SO FOR THU/FRI. WILL KEEP THE EXTENDED HOT AND DRY AS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE REGION. MEX GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO LOOK TOO COOL...AND SHUD SEE READINGS AROUND 100 FOR NRN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA THRU THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONGLY AGREE WITH PREVIOUS FORECASTER THAT HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA MAY BE MET FOR THE TULSA METRO AREA...WHERE HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS WILL KEEP LOWS FROM DROPPING MUCH BELOW 80. GFS SUGGESTS THAT RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN SOME BY MID-WEEK AS NRN STREAM ENERGY DROPS INTO THE ROCKIES...WITH A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ENTERING OK BY THAT TIME. ECMWF/GEM ARE LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS SCENARIO AND WERE GENERALLY FAVORED FOR THIS FORECAST. PRELIM NUMBERS... TUL 74 98 77 98 / 5 5 5 10 FSM 71 97 74 97 / 10 5 5 10 MLC 70 97 73 97 / 20 5 5 10 BVO 67 98 74 99 / 5 5 5 10 FYV 66 92 69 95 / 5 5 5 10 BYV 65 92 69 94 / 5 5 5 10 MIO 67 95 73 96 / 5 5 5 10 MKO 69 96 74 97 / 10 5 5 10 F10 70 98 75 97 / 10 5 5 10 HHW 71 98 73 95 / 20 5 5 10 FORECAST ID = 18 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0456 PM WINSLOW AR WIND DAMAGE
07/23/02 WASHINGTON SEVERAL TREE LIMBS BLOWN
DOWN.REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0500 PM 8 N MOUNTAINBURG AR WIND DAMAGE
07/23/02 CRAWFORD NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN
DOWN.REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
AHThe Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew the tops out of a few trees and damaged a few carports.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down numerous large tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 2002
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: 5310945, 5310946.