Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13 to 14, 2009

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 13 to 14, 2009
Start: 2009-06-13T22:15
End: 2009-06-14T00:06
Location: Oklahoma

June 13 to 14, 2009 · NWS TSA · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

A cluster of severe thunderstorms occurred across east central and southeast Oklahoma around midnight.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.

A cluster of severe thunderstorms occurred across east central and southeast Oklahoma around midnight.

What forecasters said that day

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 13, 7:42 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 7:42 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
842 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED TO LATEST TRENDS. STATIONARY BOUNDARY PROVIDING A
FOCUS FOR FIRST DEVELOPMENT AND A WEAKNESS IN THE CAP.
THIS IS SITTING JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND BEGINNING
TO LOOK LIKE THIS MAY BE WHERE THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY MAY
FOCUS. BUT LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
COVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. ABUNDANT
ENERGY WITH BETTER THAN 3500 J/KG ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS
THE AREA. MUCH LESS INDICATED TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY.

WILL HAVE PRODUCTS OUT SHORTLY.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...21
LONG TERM....15

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:27 PM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
527 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141000-
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-
530 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

...SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...EARLY TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS EVENING.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A STATIONARY BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND
WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG SURFACE HEATING HAS
PUSHED TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 90S OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TRIGGERED IN
CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD BUILD WEST INTO
OUR AREA. THE CAP IS STILL STRONG AND MAY LIMIT THIS ACTIVITY
THROUGH EARLY EVENING BUT MAY WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING. ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING IN AN AREA IN EASTERN COLORADO AND
THE PANHANDLES OF OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
FORM ONE OR MORE MCS CLUSTERS THROUGH THE EVENING AND MOVE EASTWARD
REACHING EASTERN OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH A LIMITED TORNADO
THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING DUE
TO EXPECTED MCS ACTIVITY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. THE GENERAL
WEATHER PATTERN IS NOT EXPECTED TO UNDERGO MUCH OF A CHANGE THROUGH
MONDAY. SEVERE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AS EITHER AFTERNOON CONVECTION
INITIATING WITHIN THE REGION OR AS OVERNIGHT MCS ACTIVITY MOVING
INTO THE REGION.

BY TUESDAY... THE UPPER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE AS STRONG
RIDGING BECOMES ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. BY
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THE IMMEDIATE WEATHER THREAT WILL TURN TO HIGH
HEAT INDICES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPECT AND PREPARE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER RELATED RESPONSES THROUGH MONDAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:36 PM CST, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1036 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

OKZ073-140400-
PITTSBURG OK-
1036 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG

AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIOWA...
PITTSBURG...BLANCO...ASHLAND...SAVANNA...HAYWOOD AND ARPELAR.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

THIS STORM IS RAPIDLY STRENGTHENING AND MAY REQUIRE A WARNING
SHORTLY.

LAT...LON 3469 9589 3469 9608 3480 9609 3500 9606
      3496 9584 3471 9572 3463 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 225DEG 15KT 3473 9611

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:16 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pittsburg

When: June 13, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, 1 mi E of Haywood
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 34.880, -95.932

Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg

When: June 13, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Pittsburg County, Mc Alester
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 34.930, -95.770

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged the signs of several businesses.

Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee

When: June 13, 11:40 PM CST
Where: Muskogee County, 1 mi E of Porum
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.370, -95.252

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah

When: June 14, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Sequoyah County, Nicut
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.580, -94.570

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Hail, Muskogee

When: June 14, 12:06 AM CST
Where: Muskogee County, 3 mi SE of Porum
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.339, -95.232

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, June 2009

Sources

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: 183268, 183270, 183271, 183272, 183275.