1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Jul 15, 9:43 AM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1043 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... A SURFACE TROUGH LIES SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE TSA FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL BE THE CATALYST FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE POPS TAPERING TO A SLIGHT CHANCE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST STILL LOOK FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE SLIGHTLY RAISED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OVER PART OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ALL OTHER FORECAST ELEMENTS APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK. UPDATED PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 06 LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 21
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1230 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-161000- 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- 1230 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR CURRENTLY RESIDES ACROSS THE REGION. CAPES IN THE RANGE OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG...AND LIFTED INDICES OF LESS THAN -11 DEGREES INHABIT MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A SHEAR AXIS THAT CURRENTLY STRETCHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS WILL BE LESS OF A FACTOR AS IT WEAKENS AND DRIFTS TO THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND. MID LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE PREDOMINANT EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
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Every storm in Arkansas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2005
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: 5464011, 5464010.