Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across extreme northeastern Oklahoma.
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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 episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage across extreme northeastern Oklahoma.
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 3, 2:10 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 310 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 .DISCUSSION... A HOT AND WINDY DAY IS WELL UNDERWAY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. ANOTHER WARM...MUGGY AND BREEZY NIGHT IS ON TAP FOR THE AREA WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT AS A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ENHANCED BY A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH ELEVATED CAPE VALUES NEAR 1400 J/KG AND LI VALUES NEAR -4. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY LOOK TO BE HOT AND DRY WITH NO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED WITH A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS A POTENT MID-LEVEL LOW MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE PLAINS. THIS WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE IT STALLS OUT AND RETREATS BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY COULD BE SEVERE WITH CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 3000 J/KG AND LI VALUES NEAR -8. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS AS IF A SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN CONCERNS. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE EVENT IF DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAN FORM. THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE HOT AND DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 79 96 77 91 / 20 10 10 20 FSM 75 93 74 89 / 10 10 10 20 MLC 77 94 74 87 / 10 10 10 10 BVO 76 96 75 90 / 30 10 10 20 FYV 72 90 72 85 / 10 10 10 20 BYV 72 90 71 88 / 20 10 10 20 MKO 75 93 74 87 / 10 10 10 20 MIO 76 93 76 90 / 40 10 10 20 F10 76 95 75 88 / 10 10 10 20 HHW 75 94 74 87 / 10 10 10 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...07 LONG TERM....10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 845 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041000- 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- 845 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...OSAGE...WASHINGTON...AND NOWATA COUNTIES. ONSET...AFTER 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAPULPA TO JAY. ONSET...AFTER 9 PM. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NEAR THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER. DISCUSSION... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND WILL LIKELY ENTER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. WHILE THE STORMS MAY TEND TO WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS THEY CONTINUE EASTWARD...THEY WILL LIKELY MAINTAIN SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO REMAINS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY NEAR ANY SURFACE BOUNDARIES. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... A REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK IS NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER LOCAL SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO ACTIVATE ACROSS COUNTIES NEAR THE OKLAHOMA KANSAS BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE COMMON BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING STRONG STORM SYSTEM. SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. CURRENTLY...THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING APPEARS THE MOST LIKELY TIMEFRAME FOR IMPACTS INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE COMMON WITH THE INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT...WITH A TRANSITION TOWARD DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE INTO THE TULSA FORECAST AREA WITH THIS EVENT. THE TIMING AND IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED IN LATER FORECASTS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL OCCUR LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. IMPACTS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL... AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE CHECKED PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
The Wichita radar (KICT), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:39 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to 60 mph blew down a tree onto a road. Large tree limbs were also blown down.
Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to 60 mph damaged the roof of a mobile home.
The Oklahoma Mesonet station 8 miles east-southeast of Foraker measured a 67 mph wind gust.
Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large tree limbs.
Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a power pole, which fell on a house.
Strong thunderstorm wind gusts measured to 62 mph damaged the guttering of the fire station and blew down several trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2008
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: 113097, 113098, 113103, 113106, 113109, 113111.