A line of thunderstorms developed along and just ahead of a cold front that moved into the region during the morning hours of the 29th. Severe weather, including two tornadoes and damaging wind gusts, occurred over portions of eastern Oklahoma along with some flash flooding.
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A line of thunderstorms developed along and just ahead of a cold front that moved into the region during the morning hours of the 29th. Severe weather, including two tornadoes and damaging wind gusts, occurred over portions of eastern Oklahoma along with some flash flooding.
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 Oct 29, 5:25 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 625 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 .AVIATION... AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR MVFR VSBYS IN FOG AND THUNDER FOR MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. IFR TO LIFR CIGS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AT ALL SITES THE COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE WEST AT KRVS AND KTUL THIS EVENING...AND THE ARKANSAS TAF SITES WILL SEE THE FRONT PASS TONIGHT...ALONG WITH LESSENING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 514 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-292215- 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- 514 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...LIMITED. AREA....EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING . FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... A SURFACE COLD FRONT AND A LAGGING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WERE SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...WHILE A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE FOUR CORNER REGION AND WAS MOVING EAST AS WELL. ELEVATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. DESPITE STRONG SHEAR IN PLACE...SEVERE WEATHER OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN LIKELY PRECLUDED BY THE LACK OF INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...SEVERE CHANCES WILL INCREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH...AND THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL EXISTS AREAWIDE WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS THE LIKELY THREAT...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS...INCLUDING TORNADOES...AS THIS AREA WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AND WILL BENEFIT FROM HIGHEST INSTABILITY AND MAXIMIZED DIRECTIONAL SHEAR. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL SHIFT EAST THIS EVENING...WITH OVERALL CHANCES FOR STORMS DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT ADVANCES THROUGH THE AREA. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... A BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN WILL OVERTAKE THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING THE REGION. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR THIS OUTLOOKED PERIOD WILL BE MINIMAL. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
614 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKZ054-291200-
OSAGE OK-
614 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN OSAGE
AT 614 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES WEST OF APPERSON TO 19 MILES WEST OF
APPERSON TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURBANK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
BURBANK...APPERSON...WEBB CITY AND GRAINOLA.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3700 9663 3658 9673 3650 9702 3653 9701
3656 9690 3659 9690 3660 9691 3658 9699
3659 9704 3670 9707 3671 9705 3670 9694
3676 9689 3676 9683 3679 9676 3699 9675
3700 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 226DEG 28KT 3679 9714 3666 9709
3648 9716SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
620 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKZ054-059-291200-
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
620 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN OSAGE AND WESTERN PAWNEE
AT 620 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF PAWNEE TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PAWNEE TO 32 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAWNEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
FAIRFAX...PAWNEE...MARAMEC...SKEDEE AND RALSTON.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3663 9706 3674 9685 3646 9661 3616 9670
3616 9681 3625 9683 3625 9692 3633 9692
3635 9703 3651 9704 3654 9699 3656 9690
3659 9690 3660 9693 3658 9703 3660 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 235DEG 34KT 3642 9723 3622 9706
3597 9713SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
716 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKZ054-059-064-291300-
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
716 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL OSAGE...NORTHWESTERN CREEK AND PAWNEE
AT 716 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF BURBANK TO 7 MILES EAST OF
RALSTON TO 13 MILES WEST OF DRUMRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
PAWHUSKA...SHIDLER...OSAGE...HOMINY...WYNONA...FAIRFAX...PERSHING...
BURBANK...APPERSON...WEBB CITY...PEARSONIA...FORAKER...PAWNEE...
JENNINGS...TERLTON...HALLETT...MARAMEC...BLACKBURN...SKEDEE...
CLEVELAND...RALSTON...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON AND SILVER CITY.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3667 9623 3593 9652 3592 9663 3616 9663
3616 9681 3625 9683 3625 9691 3626 9693
3678 9681 3679 9676 3683 9675 3700 9640
3700 9633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 240DEG 20KT 3669 9666 3651 9660
3603 9682The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:19 UTC.
3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads were flooded in and around Pawnee due to locally heavy rainfall.
A tornado damaged several barns, uprooted several trees, and removed shingles off of a couple homes.
Roads were flooded in and around Weleetka as well as other areas of southern Okfuskee County.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
A tornado snapped or uprooted numerous trees.
Roads were flooded in and around Sperry.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Oklahoma, 2009Warnings in Oklahoma, October 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 199470, 199477, 199471, 199473, 199474, 199475, 199478, 199472.