3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 16, 3:30 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 430 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 UPDATE FOR SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS/HEAVY RAINFALL... STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. RECENT MESONET RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INDICATE RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES IN HOUR IN THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THIS MORNING AS UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEAST. IF TREND CONTINUES FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM. WILL CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR...IN CASE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NEEDED. ...PREV DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING...JUST NORTH OF UPPER LOW...CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE RED RIVER IN FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. UPPER LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TODAY THROUGH NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH PRECIPITATION LIKELY ALONG/EAST OF UPPER TROUGH AXIS. ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER/PRECIP WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN ACROSS THIS AREA. UPPER FEATURE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST/WEAKEN THIS EVENING WITH RAIN CHANCES DECREASES. ETA AND GFS MODELS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE CONCERNING MCS DEVELOPMENT/EVOLUTION OVER THE NEXT 24-72 HOURS AND THUS THE PLACEMENT OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AT THIS POINT...EXACT FORECAST TIMING/PLACEMENT OF CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS VERY DIFFICULT. FOR NOW WILL TREND TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION...KEEPING MAIN CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO THE NORTH OF FA BOTH NIGHTS...INCLUDING SURFACE FRONT. FORECASTED HIGHS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WOULD THEREFORE BE SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN MET GUIDANCE SUGGEST...MORE LIKELY CLOSER TO THE MAV. WITH THAT SAID CONFIDENCE IS LOW SO POPS/TEMP FORECAST COULD SWING SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE COUPLE OF DAYS. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. NEW LONG RANGE GFS KEEPS FRONT NORTH OF AREA THROUGH EXTENDED PERIOD WITH LOW PRECIP CHANCES. THEREFORE DROPPED POPS FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY WITH WARMER TEMPS. PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 88 73 89 72 / 20 20 30 30 FSM 83 69 89 72 / 70 30 20 30 MLC 84 71 89 72 / 50 20 20 30 BVO 88 68 88 68 / 20 20 30 30 FYV 80 66 84 67 / 70 30 30 30 BYV 80 66 84 68 / 70 30 30 30 MKO 85 69 88 72 / 50 20 30 30 MIO 86 68 88 69 / 20 20 30 30 F10 86 70 89 73 / 20 20 30 30 HHW 83 71 88 73 / 60 20 20 30 FORECAST ID= 12 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171100- 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- 500 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS TODAY... EARLY THIS MORNING A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS WAS OVER SOUTEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS RAIN HAS BEEN IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING NORTH OUT OF TEXAS. THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING BUT WILL THEN START TO MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A MCALESTER TO MUSKOGEE TO GROVE LINE. INSTABILITIES WILL BE SEVERELY LIMITED AND WIND FIELDS WILL BE WEAK. THUS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO AN ENVIRONMENT RICH IN MOISTURE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE SHARPLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 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 IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL WAFFLE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS KANSAS INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THOUGH SATURDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS EXPECTED TO FORM IN KANSAS MAY MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA. THUS...SMALL CHANCES OF RAIN ARE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:45 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding along Highway 217 between Vesta and Charleston.
Torrential rain hit Greenwood where a total of near 6 inches of rain was reported. The rain caused widespread flooding with 90 homes and seven businesses effected.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding along Highway 162 and Highway 64 in the southern portion and between Van Buren and Alma respectively.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2004
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: 5406773, 5406772, 5406774.