3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 10, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 245 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 WELL-DEFINED NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED SYSTEM SEEN SPINNING OVER FAR NWRN OK PER LATEST WV IMAGERY. ATTENDANT SFC LOW ANALYZED OVER NWRN OK AT 20Z...WITH DRYLINE EXTENDING SWD THROUGH WRN OK INTO WRN TX. COLD FRONT WAS DRAPED OVER THE LOW...WITH BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM CNTRL KS INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. LEAD NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS OFF TO THE E AND SHOULD EXIT THE FORECAST AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED NEAR THE LOW CENTER...WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES NOTED OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO. UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO TRACK NEARLY DUE E...WITH CONVECTION INCREASING IN COVERAGE NEAR THE CIRCULATION CENTER AND EVENTUALLY SWD ALONG THE SFC BOUNDARY AS MID-LEVEL COLD POOL SPREADS E. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN MARGINAL...BUT 0-6KM BULK SHEAR AROUND 50 KTS ALONG WITH STEEPENING LAPSE RATES IN RESPONSE TO COOLING MID-LEVELS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND SOME ISOLATED WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO WRN AR TOWARDS MIDNIGHT...WITH BULK OF ACTIVITY MOVING INTO CNTRL/ERN AR TOWARD SUNRISE. COULD SEE SOME MIDNIGHT HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER A LARGE PART OF NE OK...WITH SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY AS COLD AIR ADVECTION/CLOUDY CONDITIONS PREVAIL. PRETTY RAW DAY IN STORE FOR TOMORROW. CLOUDS EXPECTED TO PARTIALLY CLEAR EARLY FRIDAY (ESPECIALLY OVER OUR NRN COUNTIES)...ALTHOUGH HIGH TEMPS WILL REMAIN A GOOD 10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. COULD SEE ANOTHER LIGHT FREEZE OVER NE OK/NW AR SATURDAY MORNING. PARTS OF THIS AREA EXPERIENCED A LIGHT FREEZE ON THE 5TH...BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONSIDER ANOTHER FREEZE WARNING AS THE LAST LIGHT FREEZE WAS RATHER SPOTTY. EXTENDED... ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO DEVELOPING SWRN U.S. UPPER LOW...AND HOW QUICKLY THIS SYSTEM EJECTS INTO THE PLAINS. 06Z GFS HAS SLOWED THE PROGRESSION OF THE ERN PACIFIC TROF JUST OFF THE NRN CALIFORNIA COAST AT 00Z WED...AND IS IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH 00Z RUN OF THE ECMWF. HOWEVER...SPEED OF SWRN U.S. UPPER SYSTEM EJECTING INTO THE SRN PLAINS IS ABOUT THE SAME BETWEEN THE 00Z AND 06Z GFS RUNS (ALTHOUGH 06Z IS DEEPER MORE CLOSED OFF THAN 00Z RUN)...WHILE 00Z ECMWF CONTINUES TO OFFER THE SLOWEST SOLUTION. MEANWHILE...LATEST 12Z GFS HAS COME IN MUCH FASTER...BRINGING SYSTEM INTO OK BY 00Z WED...ABOUT 12 HOURS QUICKER THAN PREVIOUS RUN. GIVEN THE LACK OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE GFS (AND A WIDE SPREAD IN GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS)...WILL LEAN TOWARD A SLIGHTLY SLOWER SOLUTION PER THE 06Z GFS/00Z ECMWF. MAY BACK OFF ON POPS SOME FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHEST POPS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS UPPER SYSTEM FINALLY LIFTS OUT. PRELIM NUMBERS: TUL 48 48 34 48 / 100 10 5 0 FSM 55 55 41 53 / 90 20 5 0 MLC 52 52 37 50 / 90 10 5 0 BVO 47 47 31 47 / 90 10 5 0 FYV 53 53 35 48 / 90 30 5 0 BYV 53 54 34 47 / 100 50 5 0 MKO 52 52 38 50 / 90 20 5 0 MIO 47 47 32 49 / 100 40 5 0 F10 50 50 37 50 / 90 10 5 0 HHW 55 60 40 52 / 80 10 5 0 FORECAST ID = 18 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 340 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111100- 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- 340 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTER 6 PM IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AFTER 10 PM IN ARKANSAS. DISCUSSION... A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS THIS SURFACE LOW MOVES TO THE EAST LATER TONIGHT...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER LOW...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SURFACE DEWPOINTS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AS OF MID AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS HAS INHIBITED HEATING AND SUBSEQUENT INSTABILITY...COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE LIMITED INSTABILITY...SOME STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE DUE TO THE STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR PRESENT AND COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TOP ORGANIZE INTO A COMPLEX LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTINUING INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL COME TO END LATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED WEST OF A VINITA TO POTEAU LINE THROUGH 10 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 353 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 OKZ049-054>056-059>061-064>067-070-071-073>075-110400- CREEK OK-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK- OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK- PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-WASHINGTON OK- 353 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 877 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CREEK...HASKELL...LATIMER...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...NOWATA... OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE...PAWNEE...PITTSBURG...PUSHMATAHA ...ROGERS...TULSA...WAGONER AND WASHINGTON.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
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, November 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: 5429012, 5429013, 5429014, 5429015, 5429016.