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 May 23, 10:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1145 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 DISC... EVENING ACTION WINDING DOWN. MULTIPLE SUBTLE BOUNDARIES ABOUND... BUT STORM MOMENTUM DEFINITELY TAKING A DOWNTURN. EXPECT CREEK COUNTY RADAR RETURNS TO DISAPPEAR SHORTLY..WHILE PAWNEE LINE BUILDS INTO OSAGE. NORTHEAST CORNER CWA PROBABLY ACTIVE COUPLE MORE HOURS BUT SUB - SEVERE. UPDATED ZONES SANS WATCH BY MIDNIGHT. GW FORECAST ID = 21 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 800 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000- 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- 800 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA TO NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY THIS EVENING. HIGH INSTABILITY AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE CAP WILL HAVE STRONG UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SAG INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1225 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 OKZ054>074-240624- ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-HASKELL OK- MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK- OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK- TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- 1225 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 270 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WATCH NUMBER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1225 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 OKZ054>074-240624- ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-HASKELL OK- MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK- OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK- TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- 1225 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 268 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
The Norman radar (KTLX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust from the outflow of a thunderstorm was measured at 62 miles an hour. No rain fell, but several trees and power lines were blown down. One tree fell on a house.
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, May 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: 5399075.