10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 Mar 4, 2:51 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 251 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 STAGE IS SET FOR A BUSY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SPC HAS ISSUED A PDS TORNADO WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE TUL CWA UNTIL 8 PM. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MARCHING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AT 70 MPH WILL MOVE INTO THE TULSA CWA BY 400 PM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 75 TO 90 MPH. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES EXISTS WITH STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES OF AROUND 500 UNITS. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS THE RESULT OF A DEEPENING SFC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND A POWERFUL MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE PULLING OUT OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT AS THE SFC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES RAPIDLY TO NEAR KANSAS CITY BY MIDNIGHT. WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT AS THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SWIFTLY MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS ON FRIDAY. ANOTHER MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT BUT MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED...SO I WILL NOT ADD ANY POPS AT THIS TIME. SOMETHING OF A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID-SECTION OF THE NATION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ANOTHER MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE SFC COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH NO PRECIP EXPECTED. AS THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT REMAINS ACTIVE...ANOTHER DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 46 57 36 62 / 70 20 10 0 FSM 50 65 38 62 / 80 20 10 0 MLC 51 64 37 62 / 70 20 10 0 BVO 43 53 32 63 / 70 20 10 0 FYV 49 59 35 58 / 90 20 10 0 BYV 49 61 34 58 / 90 20 10 0 MKO 50 60 34 60 / 80 20 10 0 MIO 44 57 33 59 / 80 20 10 0 F10 48 60 36 60 / 70 20 10 0 HHW 55 68 39 63 / 70 20 10 0 FORECAST ID= 10 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES ARZ001>002...ARZ010>011...ARZ019>020...ARZ029. OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053>076. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY FOR ZONES OKZ049-053>076
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM 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 ...SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... ...FLASH FLOODING LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... SEVERE WEATHER WILL AFFECT EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS... LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH...WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. AT 1PM...A WARM FRONT HAD MOVED NORTHWARD THROUGH MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WAS ORIENTED FROM NEAR PONCA CITY SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR WICHITA FALLS TEXAS. A STRENGTHENING SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS AN UPPER STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AN EXTENSIVE SQUALL LINE EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTH TEXAS. CURRENT DATA SUPPORTS A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE AS THIS SQUALL LINE ENTERS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. TORNADIC POTENTIAL WILL BE MAXIMIZED WITH ANY STORM WHICH CAN DEVIATE FROM THE PRIMARY MOTION OF THE SQUALL LINE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL TORNADIC THREAT WITHIN BOWING SEGMENTS OF THE SQUALL LINE. ADDITIONALLY...PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT SATURATED CONDITIONS AND ANY BURST OF HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING CONCERNS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN UPDATED FORECAST DISCUSSIONS...WITH LATER WARNINGS INDICATING THE AREAS OF HIGHEST THREAT AND IMMEDIATE CALL TO ACTION STATEMENTS. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1100 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 OKZ054>064-041800- CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK- PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK- 1100 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 21 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WASHINGTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1209 PM CST THU MAR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM FLASH FLOOD BARTLESVILLE 36.74N 95.95W
03/04/2004 WASHINGTON OK COUNTY OFFICIAL
RISIDUAL STREET FLOODING IN METRO AREA.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD BARTLESVILLE 36.74N 95.95W
03/04/2004 WASHINGTON OK COUNTY OFFICIAL
STRET FLOODING...ALSO WATER IN A FEW HOMES ALONG NOWATA
ROAD
0830 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 N WANN 36.99N 95.80W
03/04/2004 WASHINGTON OK EMERGENCY MNGR
BRIDGE UNDER REPAIR WASHED OUT
0815 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 E WANN 36.91N 95.73W
03/04/2004 NOWATA OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 10 JUST EAST OF WANN
0800 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N HOMINY 36.48N 96.39W
03/04/2004 OSAGE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER STILL OVER HIGHWAY 99. ISOLATED FLOODING ALSO ON
OTHER COUNTY ROADS.
0720 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N HOMINY 36.48N 96.39W
03/04/2004 OSAGE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
WATER OVER THE ROAD.
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SAASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 152 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-050100- BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR- WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK- HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK- ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 24 UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON... CLAREMORE...CLAYTON...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MCALESTER...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG... MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK... PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL... TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO EXP TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 152 PM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-050200- BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-MADISON AR-SEBASTIAN AR- WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK- HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-LE FLORE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK- ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 24 UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD MADISON WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BERRYVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CHARLESTON... CLAREMORE...CLAYTON...EUFAULA...EUREKA SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO...HUNTSVILLE...JAY...MCALESTER...MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG... MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...NOWATA...OKEMAH...OKMULGEE...OZARK... PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS...SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...STILWELL... TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused numerous county roads across the county to be flooded. Some rainfall numbers from around the county from early in the day into the nightime period included 4.14 inches at Hominy, 4.32 inches at Pawhuska and 4.14 inches at Barnsdall.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding and some damage of numerous roads across Nowata county. The highest rainfall total for the day was 3.73 inches at Wann.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and large tree limbs in scattered areas throughout Choctaw County.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding of numerous county roads and also street flooding in the city of Bartlesville. High water during the morning and afternoon also caused minor flooding of a total of 14 homes and 3 businesses in Bartlesville. Rainfall from early in the day into the nighttime hours totaled 4.54 inches at Bartlesville.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding of numerous county roads. At least one road was heavily damaged. Total rainfall for the day at Ralston was 4.55 inches.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew the roof off a barn and destroyed a storage shed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour damage the roof and dock of a marina.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew part of the roof off a barn. The flying debris damaged a house.
Heavy thunderstorm rains caused numerous county roads to be under water. One road that was covered by water was Highway 88 between Oologah and Talala.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour snapped a power pole off.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour destroyed a barn and damaged or destroyed three other equipment sheds.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
A mini-supercell embedded in a squall line produced an F0 tornado from 1 miles northwest to 2 miles north of Muldrow. A carport and barn were destroyed and shingles were torn from the roof of a home. Several trees were also blown down.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a barn and carport. The wind also damaged three outbuildings.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 2004Warnings 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: 5389585, 5389653, 5389574, 5389652, 5389575, 5389654, 5389576, 5389577, 5389578, 5389655, 5389579, 5389580, 5389581, 5389582, 5389583, 5389584.