During the late evening of June 2 into the early morning hours of June 3, isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a cold front, affecting portions of northeast Oklahoma. A few of the storms resulted in large hail and locally heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
During the late evening of June 2 into the early morning hours of June 3, isolated strong to severe thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a cold front, affecting portions of northeast Oklahoma. A few of the storms resulted in large hail and locally heavy rainfall.
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 2, 7:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 846 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF A COLD FRONT THAT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO BACKBUILD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATER THIS EVENING AS A WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE THE CONCERN AS THE SHEAR ACROSS THE AREA REMAINS RATHER WEAK. HAVE NOT MADE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 70 90 70 94 / 50 30 20 20 FSM 70 91 69 91 / 30 30 20 20 MLC 69 92 69 93 / 20 20 20 10 BVO 66 88 68 94 / 50 20 30 20 FYV 65 86 64 88 / 50 40 20 20 BYV 67 85 66 89 / 50 40 20 30 MKO 69 88 68 92 / 50 30 20 20 MIO 68 86 68 93 / 50 30 20 20 F10 69 89 69 93 / 40 30 20 20 HHW 69 95 70 95 / 20 20 20 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...12 LONG TERM....10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 739 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-031000- 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- 739 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...8 TO 10 PM. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AS THIS FRONT SAGS TO THE SOUTH AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION IS RATHER UNSTABLE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE A CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES TO THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THE WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THURSDAY CONTINUING THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL THEN SET IN FOR THE WEEKEND WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES REACHING NEAR 105 IN SOME PLACES. A COLD FRONT WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... LATEST FORECASTS AND DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED AS HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS WEEKEND. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
6 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm produced 3.5 inches of rainfall, resulting in flash flooding and brief closure of Highway 69A in the City of Miami.
Lightning ignited a large fire at the Paint and Home Decorative Center of the TH Rogers Lumber Company in Vinita, destroying the building and all of its contents. The structure was approximately 60x200 feet and contained laminate flooring, rolls of carpet, cans of paint, and decorative doors.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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