Isolated strong winds and flooding conditions occurred across portions of northeast Oklahoma in conjunction with a weak stationary front and surface outflow boundaries.
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Isolated strong winds and flooding conditions occurred across portions of northeast Oklahoma in conjunction with a weak stationary front and surface outflow boundaries.
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 6, 5:28 AM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 628 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. MOISTURE PLUME WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WITH QUITE A BIT OF MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS AS A RESULT. SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON... CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP WITHIN THE MOIST AXIS. MVFR VISIBILITES IN LIGHT FOG MAY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AT KFYV AND KXNA...AND SOME LOW CLOUDINESS MAY ALSO WORK INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TOWARDS MORNING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010/ DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK SURFACE TROF THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A 30 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET AND A WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE ARE ALSO PROVIDING THE LIFT NECESSARY TO PRODUCE THE SHOWERS. WOULD EXPECT THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS THE TROPICAL PLUME REMAINS OVERHEAD AND THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE BECOMES MORE OF A SHEAR AXIS THAT STRETCHES FROM THE UPPER MID-WEST TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK AS THE WEATHER PATTERN REMAINS UNSETTLED. THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BY THE TROPICS AS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPACT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL LOUISIANA SURGES INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL STILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEEMINGLY EVER PRESENT TROPICAL PLUME WHICH STRETCHES FROM MEXICO TO THE UPPER MID-WEST. A COLD FRONT LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. WILL GO WITH LOWER POPS OVER THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT MOVED THROUGH LATE WEEK WILL RETURN BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT OVER THE WEEKEND. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 513 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071100- 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- 513 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL COMBINE TO RESULT IN SCATTERED...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW STORM MOTIONS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... LITTLE CHANGE WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN PLACE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE GREATEST THREAT OF MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAINFALL MAY BE ON THURSDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA DRIFTS NORTHWEST ENHANCING THE TROPICAL MOISTURE EVEN FURTHER. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:13 UTC.
8 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down and a barn collapsed at County Road 1 and 416 due to strong thunderstorm wind.
Significant street flooding occurred in Bartlesville due to heavy rains.
Highway 10 and several rural roads were covered by high water.
Approximately 2 inches of rain fell between 2 pm and 3 pm, resulting in flooding of city streets. Several streets were closed.
A couple of homes were flooded and two day care centers were evacuated due to high water from heavy rainfall.
A portion of Highway 60 east of Bartlesville was closed due to high water.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs near 71st Street South and Highway 75.
Heavy rains resulted in water covering rural roads between Spavinaw and Langley.
A car was partially washed off the road at 81st Street South and South Elwood Avenue due to water rushing over roadway.
Heavy rain flooded rural roads three to six miles south and southwest of Pawnee.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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