3 flash flood, 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 Mar 4, 2:05 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 205 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL ZONES. IMPRESSIVE UPPER STORM SYSTEM...CURRENTLY MOVING EAST OF BAJA MEXICO WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO AREA TODAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WX/FLOODING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE CWA TODAY. WARM FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE RED RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING WITH DWPTS IN THE UPPER 60S SOUTH OF BOUNDARY. SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF ELEVATED TSTMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN STRONG CONVERGENT ZONE OF 50 KT LOW LEVEL JET. THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...SPREADING INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL IN THE STRONGER STORMS. PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A BAND OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL AND ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING. STILL SOME QUESTION MARK CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY. SHEAR PROFILES HOWEVER WILL REMAIN VERY STRONG/FAVORABLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FOR SMALL SCALE BOW ECHOS/LEWP STRUCTURE WITH CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THE DRY LINE/COLD FRONT. WARM SECTOR WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR ANY BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER/ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION. IF THIS OCCURS ANY DISCRETE CELLS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY BE SUPERCELLULAR IN NATURE WITH THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES...PRIMARILY OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA/WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. MAIN SEVERE THREAT HOWEVER WILL LIKELY BE HAIL/WIND DAMAGE AS THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. SHOWERS/TSTMS EXPECTED TO SWEEP EAST OF THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THE SEVERE/FLOODING THREAT ENDING. KEPT THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN FOR FRIDAY AS SECONDARY UPPER WAVE MOVES THROUGH. PRECIP HOWEVER SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT WITH LIMITED COVERAGE. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED ANTICIPATED. PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 62 48 56 38 / 100 70 20 10 FSM 69 51 64 38 / 100 80 20 10 MLC 69 51 63 39 / 100 50 20 10 BVO 57 44 54 34 / 100 70 20 10 FYV 66 51 58 37 / 100 80 20 10 BYV 66 50 60 36 / 100 90 20 10 MKO 67 50 60 36 / 100 70 20 10 MIO 59 44 56 35 / 100 90 20 10 F10 66 48 59 38 / 100 50 20 10 HHW 72 55 66 41 / 100 40 20 10 FORECAST ID= 12 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>076.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 430 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051200- 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- THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... ...CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... ...FLASH FLOODING LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ARKANSAS INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NORTHERN OLD MEXICO WILL OPEN UP AND RAPIDLY MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY. PIECES OF ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO EJECT FROM THE LOW AND TRAVERSE THE AREA. INTERACTION WITH THE WARM FRONT WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. STRONG LIFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH A 30 TO 40 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET MAY RESULT IN SOME STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN 3 TO 4 INCH TOTALS IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. AS THE SURFACE FOCUS SHIFTS NORTH TODAY...IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SET UP ACROSS THE AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THAT WERE AFFECTED BY PREVIOUS RAINFALL. CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER SYSTEM PUSHES THE WARM FRONT NORTH INTO KANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S SURGING NORTH. FORECASTED INSTABILITIES REMAIN MARGINAL AND MAY BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE WEATHER DESPITE STRONG SHEAR. HOWEVER ANY BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER WILL QUICKLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. IF THIS OCCURS... CAPES OF UP TO 1000 J/KG AND HELICITIES IN EXCESS OF 300 M2/S2 MAY RESULT IN DISCRETE SUPERCELLS OUT AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FURTHER WEST...CONVECTION WILL FIRE AND MOVE OFF THE DRYLINE... MOVING INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BOW SEGMENTS WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WILL MAINTAIN THE TORNADO POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE MAXIMIZED. THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING ONCE THE SQUALL LINE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. DRIER AND STABLE AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION BEHIND THE DRY LINE. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE FOUND IN THE OUTLOOK SECTION AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. GIVEN PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ONCE THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY... SETTLED WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOKED PERIOD. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:20 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over Highway 99 four miles north of Hominy. Isolated flooding was reported on other county road in the vicinity of Hominy.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flash flooding of small streams in the northwest part of Nowata County. Water from one stream flowed over HIghway 10 four miles east of Wann.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flash flooding around Washington County. The most notable damage occurred north of Wann in the far northeast part of the county where a bridge was washed out and also in the Bartlesville area where there was street and small stream flooding. Water entered a few homes along Nowata Road in Bartlesville.
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, March 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: 5389108, 5389110, 5389109.