5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 8, 9:55 AM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1055 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 STORMS IN KANSAS MAY PROPAGATE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THEY FORMED ON THE NOSE OF A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD BE WEAKENING BUT A MCV FROM ACTIVITY THAT WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LAST EVENING MAY BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM GOING. UPDATED THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE POPS FOR THE AREA OF CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON. WILL ALSO UPDATE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND ASSOCIATED GRAPHICS TO INCLUDE SOME RISK OF SEVERE. THE STORMS ARE LIKELY ELEVATED NOW...BUT MAY BECOME SURFACE BASED WITH TIME. GIVEN THE EXPECTED TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE QUITE JUICY. .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE. ABBAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 240 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000- 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- 240 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORM RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED AS THEY MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH INTO AN AREA OF VERY UNSTABLE AIR. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT MOST OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WHILE SEVERE WINDS ARE THE BIGGEST THREAT...LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS DEVELOPING OFF TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING OR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IF A COMPLEX DOES DEVELOP IN WOULD THEN MOVE TO THE SOUTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAKENING AS IT APPROACHES THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IS REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...THE MAIN TREND OF THE FORECAST WILL BE TOWARD DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND AND DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 135 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-OKZ056>058-061>063-067>070-090000- ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK- MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-OTTAWA OK-ROGERS OK- WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON AR- 135 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 591 IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ADAIR...CHEROKEE...CRAIG...DELAWARE...MAYES...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA... OTTAWA...ROGERS AND WAGONER. IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BENTON...CARROLL...WASHINGTON AND MADISON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY 300 PM. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 65 MPH. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE SLOW STORM MOTION AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
213 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004
OKZ054>058-082015-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
213 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...OTTAWA AND CRAIG
AT 213 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIGHEART TO 4 MILES EAST OF
NOWATA TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF COMMERCE...STATIONARY. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...DEWEY...COPAN...NEW
ALLUWE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WATOVA...BIGHEART...HULAH...
BARTLESVILLE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...NARCISSA...OTTAWA...QUAPAW...
CARDIN...PICHER...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...PYRAMID CORNERS...
BLUEJACKET...CENTRAILIA AND WELCH.
A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...OTTAWA AND
CRAIG COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 315 PM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:54 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A Oklahoma mesonet site measure a 58 miles an hour winds gust.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew tree down onto power lines.
Thunderstorm winds estimated in excess of 70 miles an hour snapped off a power pole.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees near Big Cabin.
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: 5414895, 5414896, 5414897, 5415152, 5415227, 5415228, 5415229, 5415230.