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 Apr 23, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 900 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 GOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE TONIGHT AS LIFT INCREASES AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM. WIDESPREAD 1-3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR BY THIS TIME TOMORROW WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES. ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL SO ONLY EXPECT A FEW ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT WITH MAINLY LARGE HAIL. WHAT LITTLE ELEVATED INSTABILITY THERE IS BECOMES EVEN LESS BY MORNING SO STORM INTENSITIES SHOULD TREND DOWNWARD AFTER THE CURRENT WATCH EXPIRATION TIME BUT FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASING GREATLY BY THAT TIME. ALREADY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND NO FURTHER UPDATE IS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. FORECAST ID= 5 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019...ARZ029. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>076. PLATE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241100- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 100 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING LIKELY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...CURRENTLY LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF A JAY...HENRYETTA LINE. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...THE ATMOSPHERE HAS ALREADY BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH SURFACE BASED CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG. BY MID AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HEATING CONTINUES...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY. GIVEN THE FORECASTED WIND FIELDS...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SUPERCELLULAR IN NATURE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... WITH THE THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE STATIONARY FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE LINEAR IN NATURE THIS EVENING WITH CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SWEEPING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...COUPLED WITH MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITIES SUGGEST A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS WHERE PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH /OKCFFATUL/ ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CURRENT HAZARDS SECTION AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. GIVEN PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT YOUR LOCATION. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY FOR TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA WILL FINALLY RETURN TO MORE QUIESCENT WEATHER CONDITIONS BY SUNDAY AS THE MAIN COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
821 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0817 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W CHECOTAH 35.47N 95.59W
04/23/2004 60 MPH MCINTOSH OK EMERGENCY MNGR
60 MPH WIND GUST AT HWY 150 AND I-40.
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NMKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 833 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-240700- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 833 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 2 AM SATURDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
OKZ073-240415-
PITTSBURG OK-
1011 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG
AT 1011 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTH OF KIOWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...KIOWA...
PITTSBURG...BLANCO...SAVANNA...HARTSHORNE...HAILEYVILLE...DOW...
BACHE...ALDERSON...KREBS AND BLOCKER.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1035 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-2403450- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 1035 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA: CRAIG...CREEK...NOWATA...OSAGE...PAWNEE...ROGERS...TULSA AND WASHINGTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1229 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1055 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 N SAWYER 34.09N 95.37W
04/23/2004 CHOCTAW OK EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN...WITH SOME TREES BLOCKING HWY
147
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NMKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1236 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-240545- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK- CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK- LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK- WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR- 1236 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 114 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA: MAYES...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OTTAWA AND WAGONER
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains flooded numerous roads across Carroll county on the 24th. Most of the flooding occurred in the Metalton, Rudd and Osage areas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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