Isolated thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 12th over far southeastern Oklahoma. Damaging wind occurred with one of the storms in Le Flore County.
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Isolated thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 12th over far southeastern Oklahoma. Damaging wind occurred with one of the storms in Le Flore County.
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 12, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 330 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012 .DISCUSSION... A FEW POP UP SHOWERS OVER THE TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OK ARE ABOUT ALL WE CAN MUSTER THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS SHOULD BE GONE PRIOR TO 00Z. ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE IN NNW FLOW ALOFT CAN BE SEEN IN WATER VAPOR AND HAS SPARKED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NE KANSAS. THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THIS EVENING FOR POSSIBLE ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT OVER FAR NE OKLAHOMA AND NW ARKANSAS...RIGHT NOW WILL KEEP A DRY FORECAST FOR THE EVENING PERIOD. OTHER THAN THAT NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH ANY PRECIP CHANCES TIED MAINLY TO TERRAIN INFLUENCES AND ANY SHORTWAVE ENERGY THAT DROPS SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY PUSH WEST ACROSS TEXAS THIS WEEKEND AND SHOULD OFFER A BIT BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST AREAS THIS WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...SUMMER DRONES ON. TEMPS LIKELY TO INCH UP NEXT WEEK WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN MANY AREAS NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE 105...HOWEVER OUTSIDE OF URBAN LOCATIONS THE OVERNIGHT TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THE 75 DEGREE THRESHOLD FOR HEAT ADVISORIES. MAV/MEX NUMBERS REMAIN SIGNIFICANTLY TOO COOL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 75 100 75 101 / 10 10 10 10 FSM 75 98 75 98 / 10 10 10 20 MLC 70 97 70 98 / 10 10 10 10 BVO 65 99 65 101 / 10 10 10 10 FYV 65 96 65 96 / 10 10 10 20 BYV 68 96 68 95 / 10 10 10 20 MKO 71 99 71 100 / 10 10 10 10 MIO 69 98 69 99 / 10 10 10 10 F10 69 100 69 101 / 10 10 10 10 HHW 71 95 71 96 / 10 10 10 20 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...14 LONG TERM....23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-131000-
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-
503 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING INTO EARLY EVENING.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING INTO EARLY EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITHIN THE PERIOD OF PEAK HEATING...AND WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER...DECAYING STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.
A LIMITED FIRE DANGER WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...BUT
WILL BE MITIGATED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BY INCREASED RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
LINGERS OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. OTHERWISE...HOT
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE WEST. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN ONGOING AS
THE VEGETATION CONTINUES TO DRY OUT AND EXPECTED AREAL COVERAGE
OF RAINFALL REMAINS LOW.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
506 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
OKZ049-053-122300-
CHOCTAW OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
506 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN CHOCTAW AND SOUTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA
AT 506 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MOYERS TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF DELA...MOVING WEST AT 10
MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
KENT...SPEER...ANTLERS...DELA...MOYERS...KOSOMA AND KELLOND.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3416 9586 3417 9578 3440 9579 3440 9559
3414 9539 3405 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 071DEG 7KT 3434 9565 3416 9552SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
629 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
ARZ029-OKZ076-130030-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-
629 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WESTERN SEBASTIAN
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE
AT 630 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JENNY LIND...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCK ISLAND...HACKETT...JENSON...BONANZA...JENNY
LIND AND RYE HILL.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME 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 3509 9448 3519 9455 3530 9433 3524 9426
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 060DEG 10KT 3524 9432SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
717 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
OKZ072-130115-
SEQUOYAH OK-
717 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EASTERN SEQUOYAH
AT 717 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
MULDROW...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW...MC KEY
AND BRUSHY.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3535 9475 3535 9477 3534 9479 3533 9481
3549 9490 3562 9455 3546 9446
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 065DEG 10KT 3550 9461The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power lines on Morris Creek Road near Poteau Mountain Road.
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