A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved into northeastern Oklahoma from Kansas during the evening of the 15th, resulting in a few reports of damaging wind and hail.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved into northeastern Oklahoma from Kansas during the evening of the 15th, resulting in a few reports of damaging wind and hail.
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 Sep 15, 6:48 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 748 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...UPDATE... .DISCUSSION... SENT UPDATE GIVEN CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. HP SUPERCELLS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORMS COULD REMAIN DISCRETE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE TORNADO THREAT. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP MORE INTO LINEAR MCS BY LATE EVENING...WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND THREAT AND CONVECTIVE CLUSTER PUSHES SOUTHEAST. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...06 LONG TERM....12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 855 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-161000- 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- 854 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... ONGOING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS ARE MOVING SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY IS UNDERGOING A TRANSITION FROM DISCRETE CELLS INTO A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. THIS WILL LESSEN THE TORNADO THREAT WITH TIME. HOWEVER... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER CONVECTION AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS. SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BOUNDARY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTING IN DRY WEATHER AND HOT TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1003 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010
OKZ056>058-061>063-160400-
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-OTTAWA OK-ROGERS OK-
1003 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN ROGERS...NORTHERN DELAWARE...CRAIG...OTTAWA...
NOWATA AND NORTHWESTERN MAYES
AT 1003 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PEORIA TO BLUEJACKET TO 3 MILES NORTH OF
NOWATA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN ROGERS...NORTHERN DELAWARE...CRAIG...
OTTAWA...NOWATA AND NORTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THESE STORMS THROUGH 1100 PM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3699 9461 3660 9461 3655 9483 3645 9548
3695 9580 3695 9579 3700 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 324DEG 23KT 3690 9462 3680 9506
3671 9560The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:10 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated by the media to gust to near 60 mph west of Bartlesville.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs, some of which landed on a home.
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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: 262562, 262563, 262560, 262561.