Scattered thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early afternoon hours of the 19th, ahead of a cold front moving into the region from Kansas. The stronger storms produced localized damaging wind and some hail.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed across northeastern Oklahoma during the early afternoon hours of the 19th, ahead of a cold front moving into the region from Kansas. The stronger storms produced localized damaging wind and some 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 19, 11:27 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1227 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. FOR THE 18Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL SITES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAY AFFECT THE VICINITY OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SITES TODAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION WILL INCREASE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AT ALL SITES THIS EVENING THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED AT ARKANSAS SITES BEGINNING AROUND 12Z FRIDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1059 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2013/ ..UPDATE... DISCUSSION... HAVE ONLY MADE A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO THE GRIDS THIS MORNING... SUCH AS DELAYING THE ONSET OF POPS UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... NONE OF THE SMALL CHANGES AFFECT ANY OF THE CURRENT PRODUCTS... SO NO UPDATE WILL BE SENT OUT AT THIS TIME. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && AVIATION...06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1255 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201000- 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- 1255 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44...SPREADING SOUTHWARD FRIDAY. ONSET...PRIMARILY AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO POSE A LIMITED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY TRANSLATE SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY FRIDAY ALONG WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE COLD FRONT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY DURING THIS TIMFRAME. DRY AND NOTICEABLY COOLER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES RETURNING NEXT WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1240 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
OKZ064-065-191815-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
1240 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CREEK
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE
AT 1240 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MILFAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PADEN...BOLEY...MASON...WELTY...
BRISTOW...MILFAY...SLICK...DEPEW...SILVER CITY AND KELLYVILLE.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3571 9663 3614 9649 3592 9610 3585 9615
3585 9619 3579 9619 3544 9644 3545 9645
3545 9648 3543 9649 3545 9655 3539 9653
3539 9655 3543 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 216DEG 19KT 3570 9648SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
146 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
OKZ055-060-061-191915-
ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
146 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN ROGERS...NORTHERN TULSA AND WASHINGTON
AT 147 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF OWASSO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...TULSA...OOLOGAH...TALALA...OWASSO...
COLLINSVILLE AND VERA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3645 9549 3624 9586 3632 9600 3636 9600
3663 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 223DEG 14KT 3633 9591The Tulsa radar (KINX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:53 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a few trees and snapped large tree limbs near Tulsa Hills, near Utica Square, and in midtown Tulsa. One of the trees that was blown down in midtown fell onto a home.
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, September 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: 476604, 476605, 476606.