3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jun 13, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1030 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 CURRENT FORECAST IN DECENT SHAPE. SLOW MOVING TSRA COMPLEX ACROSS CENTRAL OK MOVING TO THE E-SE. WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS DEVELOP ALONG OUTFLOW FROM COMPLEX. CURRENT POPS LOOK GOOD. DISRUPTED SFC FLOW FROM ONGOING TSRA HAS MADE DECIPHERING TRUE FRONTAL POSITION A CHALLENGE. BEST GUESS HAS FRONT EXTENDING FROM ERN THROUGH SW KS. ONLY REAL CHANGE THIS UPDATE IS TO RAISE TEMPS A CATEGORY OVER SE OK WHERE AMPLE SUN HAS RESULTED IN A FAST WARMUP. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS. UPDATED ZONES OUT BY 1545Z. FCSTID =23 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1039 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0614 PM 12 W BURBANK OK .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 OSAGE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
0825 PM FAIRFAX OK 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/12/02 OSAGE REPORTED BY FAIRFAX PD.
0900 PM FAIRFAX OK FLASH FLOODS
06/12/02 OSAGE MAIN STREET CLOSED IN
FAIRFAX WITH FOOT OF
WATER OVER ROAD. REPORTED
BY FAIRFAX PD.
1020 PM 6 SE TULSA OK WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 TULSA TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR 75TH
AND MINGO. REPORTED BY NWS
EMPLOYEE.
1025 PM BROKEN ARROW OK WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 TULSA TREE DOWN NEAR 101ST AND
145TH EAST AVE. REPORTED BY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
1145 PM OKEMAH OK WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02 OKFUSKEE TREE LIMBS AND A SIGN
BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
EOC.ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA / NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 ...A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. INDIVIDUAL STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DISCUSSION... AMPLE SUNSHINE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS MORNING HAS RESULTED IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST...EVENTUALLY TAPPING INTO THE INSTABILITY (LIFTED INDICES -5 TO -8) OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL LINGER BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL CLEAR THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. THIS MAY ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. DRIER MORE STABLE AIR WILL WORK INTO THE AREA FOR TOMORROW. RISK TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC FRIDAY AREA 1...EAST OF A GRAVETTE ARKANSAS TO BOSWELL OKLAHOMA LINE THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...100 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...50 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...10 RISK AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. .OTHER HAZARDS... ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LAST NIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM OR MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The Norman radar (KTLX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the canopy on the north side of a gas station.
A thunderstorm produced 2.17 inches of rain at Okemah in a short time. This rain rain caused severe street flooding. A few streets on the north side of the city had to be barricaded.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damaged the top of a few trees.
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, June 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: 5300370, 5300371, 5300368, 5300369.