Thunderstorms producing wind damage spread from eastern Oklahoma into northwest and west central Arkansas during the early evening hours of the 10th.
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 episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms producing wind damage spread from eastern Oklahoma into northwest and west central Arkansas during the early evening hours of the 10th.
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 10, 5:35 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 635 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL IMPACT THE KFSM TAF SITE BETWEEN 0000Z-0030Z. NORTHERN END OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE KFYV/KXNA TAF SITES THROUGH ABOUT 00Z-004Z. MVFR CIGS MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 500 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111000- 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- 500 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SURFACE FRONT THAT STRETCHES FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. GIVEN THE IMPRESSIVE INSTABILITY AND GRADUALLY INCREASING MID-LEVEL WINDS...THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A SMALL TORNADO THREAT EXISTS THIS EVENING WITH ANY STORMS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...BUT THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ALONG WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING...MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH THE THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS RICH GULF MOISTURE REMAINS IN PLACE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
631 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
ARZ010-019-029-OKZ069-072-076-110000-
ADAIR OK-CRAWFORD AR-LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-WASHINGTON
AR-
631 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND CRAWFORD
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
SEBASTIAN
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN ADAIR
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EASTERN SEQUOYAH
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE
AT 624 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF MUSKOGEE TO STIGLER TO WILBURTON.
THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...WITH TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN.
IF THIS LINE CONTINUES...IT WILL REACH THE OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS
STATE LINE SOON AFTER 7 PM. PERSONS EAST OF THIS LINE OF STORMS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE STRONG WINDS WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
AT THIS TIME...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED
FOR THE AREAS FROM SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ADAIR AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...SOUTHWARD THROUGH FORT SMITH INTO SOUTHERN SEBASTIAN AND
SOUTHERN LEFLORE COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3566 9400 3565 9408 3558 9408 3558 9403
3510 9416 3507 9423 3496 9422 3490 9478
3536 9463 3571 9481 3592 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 243DEG 53KT 3567 9502 3522 9500
3481 9524PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
703 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0639 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W SALLISAW 35.46N 94.86W
06/10/2009 SEQUOYAH OK EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
&&
KDJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
707 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG E SALLISAW 35.46N 94.79W
06/10/2009 SEQUOYAH OK EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREES DOWN.
&&
KDJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
709 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG S MC KEY 35.48N 94.88W
06/10/2009 SEQUOYAH OK EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE TREES DOWN.
&&
KDJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
712 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0656 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E PANAMA 35.17N 94.62W
06/10/2009 U60 MPH LE FLORE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
KDJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
716 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0712 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW SALINA 36.30N 95.17W
06/10/2009 MAYES OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN LEVELED.
&&
KDJThe Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds measured at 59 miles an hour blew down trees. The trees fell on a road.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. The trees fell on a road.
A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by an emergency manager.
A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by an emergency manager.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew power lines down. The power lines fell on cars.
A 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was reported by amateur radio.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees and large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large oak trees.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour did structural damage to a house.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2009
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: 182525, 182528, 182534, 182538, 182542, 182544, 182546, 182549, 182551, 182552.