4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. 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 Jan 12, 10:50 AM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1050 AM CST WED JAN 12 2005 WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED ON TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH SURFACE LOW TRYING TO DEVELOPING OVER SC KANSAS. TEMPS NOW IN THE 60S AREAWIDE...APPROACHING 70 IN THE SOUTH...WHILE DEWPOINTS GENERALLY U50S TO L60S. BAND OF ELEVATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUING MAINLY OVER WESTERN AREAS THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR. DRYLINE STILL WELL OFF TO THE WEST THIS MORNING...AND STRONG/SEVERE STILL REMAIN POSSIBLE PER LATEST SWODY1 LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES FROM CURRENT FORECAST...AND WILL UPDATE MAINLY TO ADJUST FOR CURRENT MESONET TRENDS. FORECAST ID= 04 .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131100-
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 CST WED JAN 12 2005
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
TORNADO.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER 3PM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER 3PM.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER 3PM.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...AFTER 3PM.
DISCUSSION...
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS DEEPENING FROM
SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED
EAST FROM THE LOW INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHILE A DRYLINE EXTENDED
SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA. MEANWHILE...A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM WAS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST.
ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY OFF TO THE WEST. THIS ACTIVITY
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE...AND
WIND FIELDS STRENGTHEN WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER SYSTEM.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
AND QUICKLY EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE SQUALL LINES THAT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY TORNADO THREAT WILL MAINLY BE
NEAR THE ONSET OF THE EVENT...AND EVOLVE INTO MORE OF A STRAIGHT
LINE WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT AS TIME PASSES.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST 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.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
LATEST COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THAT THE ARCTIC AIR THAT HAD BEEN
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WILL BE LESS INTENSE AND JUST
GLANCE THE AREA...THEREFORE THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS HAS
BEEN REMOVED FROM THE EXTENDED FORECAST.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATIONThe Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:56 UTC.
4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused some rural roads to be washed out throughout the county.
Heavy rains caused some streets to be closed due to high water.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down 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, January 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: 5438418, 5438421, 5438419, 5438420, 5438422, 5438423, 5438424, 5438425.