Thunderstorms developed over southeastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 15th. Damaging wind gusts occurred with a storm near Poteau.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed over southeastern Oklahoma during the evening hours of the 15th. Damaging wind gusts occurred with a storm near Poteau.
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 15, 5:17 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 617 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...UPDATE... .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST OF THE KFYV/KXNA/KFSM TAF SITES THIS EVENING...WITH THE ACTIVITY DISSIPATING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL SITES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012/ DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS THE AIRMASS DESTABILIZES AND A MCV APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. IF A THUNDERSTORM IS ABLE TO DEVELOP IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS FOR THE FORECAST LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER MCS TO DEVELOP OVER KANSAS AND BRUSH ACROSS THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA. THERE WILL BE BETTER CHANCES OF AN MCS MOVING INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT PREVAILS. THERE WILL BE A BIT OF A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN EASTERLY WAVE MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT WORKS INTO THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 72 93 73 91 / 10 10 20 20 FSM 69 94 70 92 / 10 10 0 10 MLC 70 93 71 91 / 20 10 10 10 BVO 70 93 72 91 / 10 10 40 20 FYV 66 90 67 87 / 10 10 10 20 BYV 66 89 67 87 / 10 20 10 30 MKO 69 93 70 91 / 10 10 10 20 MIO 72 93 72 90 / 10 20 30 30 F10 70 92 70 91 / 10 10 10 10 HHW 71 92 70 91 / 20 10 10 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 501 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 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- 500 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... ONGOING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR ANOTHER LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO PASS NEAR OR THROUGH PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. DRIER CONDITIONS LOOK TO DEVELOP FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SETS UP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
OKZ076-152330-
LE FLORE OK-
554 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN LE FLORE
AT 554 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BIG CEDAR...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIG CEDAR.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3450 9468 3465 9467 3467 9467 3467 9445
3454 9445 3451 9446 3450 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 185DEG 11KT 3450 9457SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
628 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
OKZ076-160000-
LE FLORE OK-
628 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN LE FLORE
AT 628 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BIG CEDAR...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIG CEDAR.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3472 9473 3471 9445 3464 9445 3452 9447
3452 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 184DEG 6KT 3456 9458SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
749 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
OKZ076-160115-
LE FLORE OK-
749 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 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 SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN LE FLORE
AT 749 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF
HODGEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGEN...HEAVENER AND HEAVENER
RUNESTONE STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3493 9469 3493 9445 3473 9446 3474 9471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 209DEG 7KT 3484 9457SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
812 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
OKZ076-160145-
LE FLORE OK-
812 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN LE FLORE
AT 812 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HEAVENER
RUNESTONE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGEN...HEAVENER...
HOWE AND HEAVENER RUNESTONE STATE PARK.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
LAT...LON 3484 9470 3500 9466 3499 9444 3478 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 212DEG 10KT 3491 9454The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree and snapped large tree limbs. Power poles and lines were also blown down near Choctaw Golf Course off of Highway 59.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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