12 thunderstorm wind, 4 high wind, 2 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 Jun 4, 10:22 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1122 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .MESOSCALE UPDATE... THE LEAD BOW ECHO MOVING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DAMAGING WIND GUST POTENTIAL TO AROUND 75 MPH AS IT MOVES TOWARD NORTHWEST ARKASNAS. SOME INCREASE IN WIND DAMAGE POTENTIAL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS LINE AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE INCREASINGLY HIGHER TERRAIN...MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE WINDS TO REACH THE SURFACE. A SECOND BOW ECHO MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL ALSO HAVE DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL AS IT MOVES ACROSS PITTSBURG AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTY AND LIKELY THEN FURTHER DOWNSTREAM ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CONSIDER SIREN ACTIVATION FOR WINDS OF 75 MPH OR MORE AS THESE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF F-1 DAMAGE. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 420 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-051000- 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- 420 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION... CONDITIONS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. TORNADO WATCH 393 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A DRY LINE HAS PUSHED INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA WITH CONVECTIVE INITIATION EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE LINE BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. INITIAL CONVECTION WAS ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. AT THAT RATE...AND IF THE CONVECTION MAINTAINS ITSELF...IT COULD REACH WESTERN PORTIONS OF CREEK OR OKFUSKEE COUNTIES BY AROUND 7 PM. THE AIRMASS IS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH SURFACE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES NEAR 70 AND CAPE VALUES AROUND 3000 TO 4000 JOULES PER KILOGRAM. BULK RICHARDSON VALUES OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA ARE EXPECTED TO BE WELL ABOVE 50 THIS EVENING...TENDING THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TOWARD LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HIGH CAPE VALUES AND A WET BULB ZERO HEIGHT AROUND 10,000 FEET. HOWEVER... SUPERCELLS AND THE THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES IS STILL SIGNIFICANT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FROM WESTERN OSAGE TO WESTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTIES BY AROUND 6 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FARTHER EAST BY MID EVENING...AS THE ANTICIPATED CONVECTIVE COMPLEX MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA...AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES...WILL COMBINE WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WEEK. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 OKZ065-050400- OKFUSKEE- 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED A PORTION OF. 393 AND HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 398 UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN OKLAHOMA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OKFUSKEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OKEMAH. ARZ001-010-019-029-OKZ049-053-055>058-060>063-066>076- 050400- BENTON-CRAWFORD-SEBASTIAN-WASHINGTON-ADAIR-CHEROKEE-CHOCTAW- CRAIG-DELAWARE-HASKELL-LATIMER-LE FLORE-MCINTOSH-MAYES-MUSKOGEE- NOWATA-OKMULGEE-OTTAWA-PITTSBURG-PUSHMATAHA-ROGERS-SEQUOYAH- TULSA-WAGONER-WASHINGTON- 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 398 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BENTON... CRAWFORD... WASHINGTON... IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS SEBASTIAN... IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA CHEROKEE... MUSKOGEE... SEQUOYAH... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ADAIR... CRAIG... DELAWARE... MAYES... NOWATA... OKMULGEE... OTTAWA... ROGERS... TULSA... WAGONER... WASHINGTON... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CHOCTAW... HASKELL... LATIMER... LE FLORE... MCINTOSH... PITTSBURG... PUSHMATAHA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...EUFAULA... CLAREMORE...SALLISAW...JAY...HUGO...TAHLEQUAH...STIGLER... FORT SMITH...NOWATA...PRYOR...MUSKOGEE...STILWELL...TULSA... WAGONER...BARTLESVILLE...MCALESTER...VAN BUREN...ANTLERS... CLAYTON...POTEAU...WILBURTON...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE... OKMULGEE...MIAMI AND VINITA. OKZ054-059-064-050400- CREEK-OSAGE-PAWNEE- 845 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 393 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CREEK... OSAGE... PAWNEE... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE AND BRISTOW.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
925 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
OKZ065-066-050315-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
925 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OKMULGEE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 925 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF BEARDEN TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
BEARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WILSON...OKEMAH...WELEETKA...
BEARDEN...CLEARVIEW...PHAROAH...HENRYETTA...BRYANT...DEWAR AND
SCHULTER.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
959 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0954 PM TSTM WND GST 7 E OKEMAH 35.43N 96.18W
06/04/2005 75 MPH OKFUSKEE OK STORM CHASER
FROM KOTV STORM CHASER
&&
SFPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1013 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND GST 16 W CHECOTAH 35.47N 95.81W
06/04/2005 60 MPH MCINTOSH OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SFPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1015 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 PM TSTM WND GST 16 W CHECOTAH 35.47N 95.81W
06/04/2005 75 MPH MCINTOSH OK STORM CHASER
FROM KOTV
&&
SFPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1105 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
OKZ070-072-074-050430-
HASKELL OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
1105 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
MUSKOGEE AND SEQUOYAH
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
HASKELL
AT 1105 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF GORE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF WEBBERS
FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...COTTONWOOD...STIGLER...KEOTA...KANIMA...
TAMAHA...SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW...ROLAND...MC KEY...VIAN...GORE...
BRUSHY...MARBLE CITY...BOX AND WEBBERS FALLS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.The Norman radar (KTLX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:31 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 4 high wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous tree limbs and power lines.
High winds produced by a heat burst had estimated gusts to 60 mph.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down tree limbs and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged a hangar and some planes at the airport near Tahlequah.
Lightning struck a house and caused a fire.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down two large trees.
Lightning struck a diner causing a fire that burned it down.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph blew down large tree limbs.
High winds produced by a heat burst downed trees and large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.
High winds originating from a heat burst were estimated at 65 mph. The winds damaged a chicken house near Chance, which is about 4 miles south-southwest of Watts.
High winds gusted to 70 mph downing power lines and 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, June 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: 5455754, 5455832, 5455755, 5455756, 5455760, 5455757, 5455758, 5455759, 5455761, 5455762, 5455831, 5455763, 5455764, 5455829, 5455833, 5455830, 5455835, 5455834.