Severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds occurred to the west and northwest of Tulsa in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening hours of the 28th.
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Severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds occurred to the west and northwest of Tulsa in northeast Oklahoma during the early evening hours of the 28th.
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 Jul 28, 5:00 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ...AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE LARGELY EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. HOWEVER DIFFICULTY IN TIMING THUNDERSTORMS PROBABILITIES WILL REMAIN. BEST CHANCES FOR VFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN THUNDER WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN OK AND NW AR TAF SITES THROUGH TONIGHT AS A SURFACE BOUNDARY MAKES ITS WAY SOUTH. LOWER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AT ALL SITES TOMORROW AFTERNOON...HOWEVER AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS SUGGESTS THAT VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 457 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-291000- 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 TUE JUL 28 2009 ...SEVERE WEATHER RISK TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...PRIMARILY WEST OF A MIAMI TO MCALESTER LINE. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND BEING AIDED BY A PASSING DISTURBANCE ALOFT. INSTABILITY HAS INCREASED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WHILE WINDS ALOFT HAVE ALSO STRENGTHENED AHEAD OF THE UPPER DISTURBANCE. THIS HAS PROVIDED AN ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE WEATHER...PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. STORM INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER RISK MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE LIKELY SCENARIO IS FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND DEVELOP INTO A LARGE COMPLEX THAT TRACKS EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF AMPLE INSTABILITY AND INCREASING WINDS ALOFT WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASING RISK OF STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM COMPLEX. ADDITIONALLY...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM COMPLEX TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS THE WEATHER PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE FOR SUMMER WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARIES REMAIN IN THE VICINITY. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED FOR THE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY TIMEFRAME. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 70 miles an hour from a thunderstorm was estimated by the public west of Burbank.
A 70 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm was estimated by a member of the broadcast media.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour caused extensive damage in Drumright. Large trees were blown down, several carports were destroyed, shingles were peeled off of several homes, privacy fences were blown down and the fire station lost part of its roof.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down tree limbs.
An emergency manager estimated a 60 mile an hour wind gust from a thunderstorm just north of Bristow.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines and a large tree. The tree fell on a pickup truck.
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