5 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 Aug 12, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 230 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY NOTED OVER ERN OK THIS AFTERNOON....MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. WITH THE FRONT WELL TO THE NORTH...THE ACTIVITY IS DIURNAL IN NATURE...SO EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DECREASE RAPIDLY WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE BOUNDARY DROPS INTO NE OK TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT. AS DEPICTED BY PREVIOUS SHIFT...12Z ETA REMAINS IN LINE WITH THE SLOWER GFS...SO WILL FOLLOW THAT TREND. ALSO AGREE WITH PREV. SHIFT THAT OUTFLOW MAY MASK TRUE FRONTAL POSITION...SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY WILL ACTUALLY GET. POPS CLOUDS AND TEMPS WILL BE SHADED ACCORDINGLY TO BOUNDARY POSITIONING. BOUNDARY PROGGED TO LIFT NORTH AND/OR WASH OUT MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT THUS LEAVING THE FA UNDER WARM HUMID AND UNCAPPED CONDITIONS HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. LOW POPS ACCOUNTING FOR WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON ACTIVITY FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS REASONABLE...BUT WILL LEAVE DAY 7 DRY AS GFS HINTS AT SLIGHTLY STRONGER RIDGING THAT WOULD RESULT IN WARMER TEMPS ALOFT AND DECREASED FLOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 80 96 74 86 / 20 20 30 50 FSM 75 98 75 95 / 10 20 10 20 MLC 77 96 77 95 / 10 20 20 30 BVO 74 95 70 84 / 20 30 40 60 FYV 71 94 72 88 / 10 20 20 40 BYV 72 93 72 89 / 10 20 20 40 MKO 76 97 75 90 / 10 20 20 40 MIO 75 95 72 84 / 20 30 40 50 F10 77 97 77 90 / 10 20 20 40 HHW 76 96 75 95 / 10 20 10 20 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 18 LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131000- 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- 100 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. STRONGER CELLS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN OVER KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND A FEW STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT MAY MOVE INTO FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS EVENING. 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...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY SAG SOUTH AND LIKELY STALL SOMEWHERE OVER OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH HIGHEST CHANCES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AS THE FRONT REMAINS STALLED OVER THE AREA. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
338 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
OKZ054-059-122130-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
338 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OSAGE AND PAWNEE
AT 338 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PAWNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FAIRFAX...PAWNEE...SKEDEE
AND RALSTON.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
OKZ054-122230-
OSAGE OK-
425 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OSAGE
AT 425 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRFAX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...PAWHUSKA...FAIRFAX...PEARSONIA AND BIGHEART.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
515 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
OKZ064-122300-
CREEK OK-
515 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CREEK
AT 515 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF OILTON TO 7 MILES WEST OF
DRUMRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MANNFORD...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON AND
SILVER CITY.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.The Tulsa radar (KINX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:19 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
A National Weather Service employee reported 70 mile an hour winds with a thunderstorm. The winds blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 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: 5472612, 5472613, 5472614, 5472615, 5472616.