3 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 5, 2:20 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 320 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS OVER THE PLAINS DURING THE NIGHT. ORIGINAL MCS THAT DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS LATE LAST EVENING HAS RACED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND CURRENTLY MOVING FROM NORTHEAST KS INTO NORTHERN MO. IN THE WAKE OF THAT COMPLEX AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE AND A MODEST LOW LEVEL JET HAVE RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECOND COMPLEX. SECOND SYSTEM CURRENTLY RACING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KS TRAILING DOWN INTO NORTH CENTRAL OK. SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN ZONES THIS MORNING...SO WILL LET FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVER KANSAS BORDER COUNTIES CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND ADD A FEW MORE COUNTIES EXTENDING INTO NORTHWEST AR COUNTIES BORDERING MO. STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BESIDES THE THREAT FOR SOME ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY PRETTY WELL SATURATED. SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BE OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND MIDDAY...BUT WILL HANG ONTO SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON OVER ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. MORE OF THE SAME IN STORE FOR LATE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER COMPLEX IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP OVER NEB AND WESTERN KS THIS EVENING...THEN ROLL TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. BELIEVE STORMS WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BUT WILL INCLUDE POPS FOR FAR NORTHWEST PART OF THE AREA TOWARD DAYBREAK ON TUESDAY. INCREASING CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AS SURFACE BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE AREA. BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO LINGER SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE BOARD. HOPEFULLY DRIER WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETTING UP ONCE AGAIN. TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEK PRETTY MUCH EXPECTED TO BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS EXPECTED MAINLY OVER NORTHERN AREAS BEHIND THE APPROACHING SURFACE BOUNDARY FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 94 74 85 67 / 20 20 50 30 FSM 94 72 89 67 / 10 10 40 30 MLC 92 73 89 70 / 10 10 40 30 BVO 91 70 84 64 / 30 30 50 30 FYV 90 69 84 64 / 30 10 50 30 BYV 90 69 84 65 / 30 10 50 30 MKO 92 72 86 68 / 20 10 50 30 MIO 92 70 84 64 / 30 30 50 30 F10 92 73 86 69 / 10 10 50 30 HHW 92 73 91 72 / 10 10 40 30 FORECAST ID= 04 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1000 AM CDT TODAY FOR ZONES ARZ001...ARZ002. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY FOR ZONES OKZ054>058....OKZ061>063.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 955 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051000- 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- 955 PM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT... A COMPLEX OF STORMS CONTINUES TO MARCH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. A SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...ALLOWING THE COMPLEX TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AS IT MOVES INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT...LIKELY ORGANIZING INTO A LINE OF STORMS AFFECTING AREAS NORTH OF A TULSA TO FAYETTEVILLE LINE. SUFFICIENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLASH FLOODING...AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT AFFECTS THE AREA. ALSO...SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN IN FLOOD. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS /OKCFLSTUL/ ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...PRIMARILY LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...ACTIVATION IN RESPONSE TO FLASH FLOODING OR ONGOING RIVER FLOODING MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING EARLY MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WEAKEN BY LATE MORNING. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH THE GREATER CHANCES OCCURRING TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 ARZ001-002-OKZ054>063-051400- BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK- OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK- 330 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 559 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CRAIG DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WASHINGTON IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BENTON CARROLL
The Wichita radar (KICT), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:05 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs at Hulah Lake.
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, 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: 5414889, 5414890, 5414891.