1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 24, 9:50 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1050 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004 WILL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY AND CANCEL CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OK. MAIN FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THIS AREA TO PARTS OF THE FA WERE HEAVY RAIN HAS YET TO FALL. SUNSHINE OVER SOUTHEAST OK INTO WESTERN AR THIS MORNING ALLOWING AMS TO DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF COOLER AIR POISED TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST...SO MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. WILL ADJUST POPS AND WORDING ACCORDINGLY...AND MAKE ONLY A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO TEMPS/WINDS. FORECAST ID= 04 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251000- 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 SAT JUL 24 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WHERE A LITTLE SUNSHINE HAS RESULTED IN THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OKEMAH TO FAYETTEVILLE. COOLER AIR AND PREVIOUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HELPED TO STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR NICKELS ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN HIGHEST IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL AT LEAST INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WORK WEEK. A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE AREA WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES IN THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TIME FRAME. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
205 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004
OKZ074-075-242000-
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
205 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL AND LATIMER
AT 205 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTH OF KINTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCCURTAIN...LEQUIRE...
LEWISVILLE...KINTA...MC CURTAIN...KEOTA AND KANIMA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
206 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004
OKZ076-242000-
LE FLORE OK-
206 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LE FLORE
AT 206 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF MUSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...POTEAU...BIG CEDAR...MUSE...
WHITESBORO...HODGEN...SUMMERFIELD...HEAVENER...HOWE...WISTER...SHADY
POINT AND CAMERON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Oklahoma mesonet site measured a 60 miles an hour wind gust near Wister.
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, July 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: 5415245.