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 5, 8:23 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 923 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 WILL UPDATE ZONES TO ADD FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WATCH AREA WITH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS... ESPECIALLY ALONG OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER WHERE TRAINING OF CELL WILL BE POSSIBLE/RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES/HOUR. NO OTHER CHANGES TO ZONES ATTM. TUL 62 79 59 83 / 90 30 10 30 FSM 63 79 59 84 / 70 50 10 20 MLC 63 80 58 84 / 70 40 10 30 BVO 60 78 57 82 / 90 30 10 30 FYV 62 76 57 80 / 70 50 10 30 BYV 61 75 57 81 / 70 50 10 30 MKO 62 78 58 84 / 80 40 10 30 MIO 61 76 58 81 / 90 40 10 30 F10 62 79 58 84 / 80 40 10 30 HHW 64 80 61 86 / 70 40 10 20 FORECAST ID= 12 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING FOR ZONES OKZ054>063.
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 925 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR TONIGHT... A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AT 9 PM WILL MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE MAIN PROBLEM WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO SEE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NEAR AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 44. WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE FOUND IN THE OUTLOOK SECTION AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. GIVEN PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL END FRIDAY MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS DRIVING A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST INTO OKLAHOMA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRECLUDE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE FORECAST AGAIN WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONTITOR THE SITUATION. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:01 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorms rains caused a road just south of Shidler to be closed due to high water.
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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