Thunderstorms expanded in coverage along an outflow boundary across southern Kansas. This activity moved into far northeast Oklahoma, resulting in damaging wind in Pawnee and Osage Counties.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms expanded in coverage along an outflow boundary across southern Kansas. This activity moved into far northeast Oklahoma, resulting in damaging wind in Pawnee and Osage Counties.
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, 11:12 AM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1212 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 .DISCUSSION... THE 18Z TAF DISCUSSION IS INCLUDED BELOW. && .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE TSTORMS THRU THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COVERAGE IS THE BIG UNCERTAINTY...WITH NO FOCUSING BOUNDARIES AND A WEAK OR NO CAP IN PLACE...STORMS COULD POP UP ANYWHERE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE ELECTED TO GO WITH CONSERVATIVE VCTS MENTION...AND THEN RAMP IT UP IF A STORM LOOKS TO AFFECT A TERMINAL. STORMS SHOULD DIE OFF AFTER SUNSET FOR THE MOST PART. WILL MAINTAIN VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF STORMS. LACY && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1002 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013/ DISCUSSION... MID LEVEL RIDGE HAS SHIFTED EAST TODAY AND IS CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A MID LEVEL TROUGH IS LOCATED OVER WESTERN OK/TX. THERE IS SOME DECENT SOUTHERLY FLOW FROM H85 TO H5 ON THE 12Z OUN SOUNDING...IN BETWEEN THE TWO FEATURES. A THETA-E AXIS EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST OK...WHERE SBCAPES ARE ON THE 2000-4000 J/KG RANGE. THE FLOW AND HIGH INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE FOR AT LEAST SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL IN THE MORE SUSTAINED CELLS. ACTIVITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OK DUE TO A WEAK CAP IN PLACE AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. LACY PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 542 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013/ AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD AT ALL AREA TAF SITES. HAVE GONE WITH A PROB30 FOR THUNDER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AT ALL TAF SITES EXCEPT KFSM WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS A MID-LEVEL TROF APPROACHES AREA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013/ DISCUSSION... ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH...CURRENTLY OVER WEST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA TODAY AS UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS EAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...COMBINED WITH INCREASING CLOUD COVER WILL LIKELY KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO NORMAL AND SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD... COULD SEE A FEW STRONG STORMS AS MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES CONTINUE TO STEEPEN AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH WITH DEEP MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE. SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASING LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE AREA. ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS AROUND THE WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME AS WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES. UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK INTO SOUTHERN PLAINS BY LATE WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S RETURNING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 73 90 71 87 / 20 30 60 60 FSM 72 91 72 88 / 20 30 30 60 MLC 72 90 72 88 / 20 30 30 60 BVO 71 90 70 86 / 20 30 70 50 FYV 67 87 67 84 / 20 30 50 60 BYV 69 88 68 85 / 20 30 50 60 MKO 72 88 72 87 / 20 30 50 60 MIO 70 89 68 83 / 20 30 70 50 F10 73 89 73 87 / 20 30 60 60 HHW 72 90 72 90 / 20 30 30 50 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...30
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 507 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 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- 506 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. CONDITIONS WILL BE SUCH THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE CONCERN. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE STILL IN THE VICINITY. THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE REGION. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS THE EARLY WEEK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES BACK TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
OKZ073-151715-
PITTSBURG OK-
1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN PITTSBURG
AT 1142 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ASHLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ASHLAND...HAYWOOD AND ARPELAR.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH AND
SOME SMALL HAIL.
LAT...LON 3486 9609 3498 9609 3498 9590 3468 9593
3468 9609 3468 9610 3486 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 177DEG 27KT 3466 9606
LACYThe Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:21 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew a tractor trailer on Highway 412 into the center median.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several large tree limbs.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 2013
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: 461457, 461459, 465662.