An isolated downburst occurred in Broken Arrow.
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An isolated downburst occurred in Broken Arrow.
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 29, 2:06 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 306 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE AND AN UPPER TROUGH ARE PRESENT. EXPECT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. ADDITIONAL WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ALONG PREFRONTAL OUTFLOW. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE HAS WARMED TEMPERATURES ALONG THE I44 CORRIDOR INTO THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. WITH WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT...NOT ANTICIPATING ANY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THOUGH ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. TO OUR NORTH...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI...THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...WHERE ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. WITHOUT MUCH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND DECREASING CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES SOUTH...FEEL PRECIP COVERAGE WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT LIMITED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A CONCERN DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.5 TO AROUND 2 INCHES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE NIGHT SINCE BOTH THE GFS AND WRF CONTINUE TO INDICATE POST FRONTAL PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE. AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE FRONT...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. THE RAIN AND CLOUD COVER WILL MAKE FOR A COOLER DAY THURSDAY. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION FRIDAY THOUGH THE WEEKEND WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THOUGH BELIEVE THE MET LOWS ARE TOO COLD...STILL WENT A LITTLE BELOW THE MAV GUIDANCE. WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEKEND...HIGHS SHOULD BE ABLE TO REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO THEN RETURN BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER HIGH OVER THE WESTERN US BUILDS EASTWARD. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE WEST INTO TEXAS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 71 86 66 89 / 50 20 10 10 FSM 71 89 67 90 / 30 30 20 10 MLC 69 86 68 89 / 30 40 20 10 BVO 68 87 59 87 / 50 20 10 0 FYV 67 86 61 86 / 30 30 10 0 BYV 66 86 61 84 / 30 20 10 0 MKO 69 86 66 88 / 30 40 10 10 MIO 67 87 61 87 / 40 20 10 0 F10 69 86 66 87 / 40 40 20 10 HHW 72 89 71 90 / 30 40 30 20 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...12 LONG TERM....03
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 105 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301000- 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- 105 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 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...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NEAR THE VICINITY OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH WAS LOCATED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH DAYTIME HEATING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER HOWEVER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AS WIND FIELDS ALOFT REMAIN VERY WEAK. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE RELEGATED MAINLY TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH. DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO WORK INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME WITH COOLER CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A downburst with wind speeds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
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