1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Dec 6, 3:00 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 300 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004 SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL OK AHEAD OF UPPER SYSTEM THAT IS RAPIDLY MOVING ACROSS WEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH CENTRAL OK. GOOD MOISTURE AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE BEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR IS IN THE SOUTHERN MOST COUNTIES AND WILL LEAD TO MAINLY A HAIL AND THUNDERSTORM WIND THREAT. RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE SQUALL LINE IN CENTRAL OK IS AROUND 50 MPH SO ONLY VERY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED AS IT MOVES THROUGH. COULD SEE SOME WRAP AROUND RAIN AS THE LOW PULLS RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD TONIGHT BUT ALL PRECIPITATION WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE FORECAST AREA FOR A COUPLE OF NICE LATE FALL DAYS. ONLY KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ZONES FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM TRAVERSES THE AREA BUT MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE MUCH RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH IT. GENERALLY FAIR AND DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOOKS LIKE A SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR INTRUSION PUSHING SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY-MONDAY TIME FRAME AND HAVE UNDER CUT GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES FOR THAT BUT DO NOT HAVE TOTAL CONFIDENCE IN THIS FEATURE YET. WILL NEED TO WATCH THOSE TEMPERATURES FOR DAYS 6 AND 7. PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 41 59 35 60 / 70 0 0 10 FSM 44 61 35 63 / 100 0 0 10 MLC 43 61 32 63 / 80 0 0 10 BVO 37 56 27 60 / 70 0 0 10 FYV 43 56 29 57 / 100 0 0 10 BYV 46 51 28 57 / 100 0 0 10 MKO 43 60 33 62 / 80 0 0 10 MIO 41 53 33 58 / 80 0 0 10 F10 42 60 34 61 / 70 0 0 10 HHW 47 65 36 64 / 90 0 0 10 FORECAST ID= 15 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
510 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071100-
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-
510 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
ONSET...5:30 PM
AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS
DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA
THIS EVENING. A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME BUT THE LACK OF INSTABILITY HAS
KEPT THE STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THUS FAR.
THERE IS STILL A CHANCE THAT THE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY TO SEVERE
LIMITS EARLY THIS EVENING AS THEY CONTINUE TO RACE EAST ACROSS THE
AREA. INSTABILITY REMAINS VERY MARGINAL WITH CAPE VALUES GENERALLY
LESS THAN 500 JOULES PER KILOGRAM. HOWEVER THE VERY FAST MOVEMENT OF
THE STORMS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60
MILES AN HOUR MAINLY EAST OF A HUGO TO FAYETTEVILLE LINE. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF OUR AREA BY AROUND 8 PM ENDING THE
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED UNTIL 8 PM IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.OKZ060-064>066-062245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004
OKZ060-064>066-062245-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-TULSA OK-
400 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA...CREEK AND OKMULGEE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 400 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAND SPRINGS TO 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BEARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WILSON...LIBERTY...
GRAY...OKEMAH...WELEETKA...BEARDEN...CLEARVIEW...PHAROAH...CASTLE...
MASON...OKFUSKEE...WELTY...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...BRYANT...DEWAR...
HOFFMAN...GRAYSON...SCHULTER...MORRIS...ERAM...PRESTON...BEGGS...BALD
HILL...HECTORVILLE...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...LEONARD...BIXBY...
JENKS...OWASSO...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...COLLINSVILLE...BROKEN ARROW...
SLICK...MOUNDS...KIEFER...KELLYVILLE AND SAPULPA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 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
455 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004
OKZ049-053-057-058-061>063-066>068-070>075-062345-
CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-HASKELL OK-LATIMER
OK-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OTTAWA OK-PITTSBURG
OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK-WAGONER OK-
455 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OTTAWA...CRAIG...DELAWARE...ROGERS...MAYES...WAGONER AND
OKMULGEE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE AND SEQUOYAH
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH...HASKELL...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...PUSHMATAHA AND
CHOCTAW
AT 452 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWEWRS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAREMORE TO 31
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THIS
EVENING AS WINDS JUST ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ARE STRONG AND COULD BE
BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE BY HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.The Tulsa radar (KINX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, December 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: 5431373.