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 Jun 29, 8:20 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 920 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ARE WEAKENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TULSA AREA EARLIER DROPPED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OVER A FEW SMALL AREAS WHILE PLACES A COUPLE MILES AWAY SAW LITTLE OR NO RAIN AND EVEN SUNSHINE. WILL LOWER POPS FOR TONIGHT INTO THE 20-30% RANGE. MADE ONLY MINOR UPWARD ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND ALSO MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE SKY COVER GRIDS. LOOKS LIKE THE RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL REMAIN TO OUR EAST AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SUBSIDENCE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM INHIBITS ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HERE BY TUESDAY. WILL LET LATER SHIFTS CONSIDER THIS FURTHER. UPDATE COMING SHORTLY. .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE. PLATE
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST MAY SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR NEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM LATER TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THIS WEEK AS A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. EVOLUTION OF A TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO MAY ALSO RESULT IN A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD MIDWEEK ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...HOWEVER CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WOULD REMAIN MAINLY ACROSS LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:58 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains with totals estimated up to 3 or 4 inches by radar caused flooding of streets and creeks in and near Lenapah.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2003
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