Wind damage was reported across portions of Mayes, Adair, and Rogers Counties during the early morning hours of April 24th. Large tree limbs were snapped, power lines were blown down, and barns were destroyed.
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Wind damage was reported across portions of Mayes, Adair, and Rogers Counties during the early morning hours of April 24th. Large tree limbs were snapped, power lines were blown down, and barns were destroyed. The high wind seemed to have been supported by an area of dissipating showers that moved through the region. These showers seemed to have helped the downward transport of high wind, in excess of 75 mph, in the low level jet to the ground.
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 Apr 23, 10:31 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1131 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. MAINLY MVFR AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE VALID PERIOD WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 746 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014/ ..UPDATE... DISCUSSION... GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED OUT IN THE PANHANDLES LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAVE SLOWLY BEEN MAKING THEIR WAY EASTWARD... BUT STILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 AT THIS HOUR. THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY TO REACH EASTERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN STORMS MAY IMPACT OSAGE... PAWNEE... AND CREEK COUNTIES AS EARLY AS 10 PM... WHICH IS WHEN OUR POPS BEGIN. FOR NOW... OUR FORECAST REMAINS REPRESENTATIVE OF CURRENT AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS SO WILL NOT UPDATE THIS EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 704 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014/ AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM. VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WILL DETERIORATE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE AREA WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE TAF SITES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 404 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014/ DISCUSSION... MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S/80S AND SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTING 20 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT. ALSO THIS AFTERNOON...A DRYLINE HAD MOVED INTO THE OKLAHOMA/TEXAS PANHANDLES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG/NEAR THE DRYLINE AND MAKE A RUN TOWARD EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT MAKES IT THIS FAR EAST SHOULD PUSH INTO THE CWA AFTER 10 PM TONIGHT AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT OVER TAKES THE DRYLINE AND APPROACHES THE REGION EARLY THURSDAY. A LIMITED POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVES INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE DAY...MAINLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND EXIT THE CWA BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA COULD LIMIT THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...THOUGH DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S AND INSTABILITY INTERACTING WITH THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR AT LEAST A LOW THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AGAIN BEING THE MAIN HAZARDS. BEHIND THE EXITING COLD FRONT...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF FIRE DANGER ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY LOCATIONS THAT MIGHT RECEIVE LESS RAINFALL. BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS QUICKLY RETURN TO THE REGION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...TRANSPORTING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LONGWAVE TROF IS FORECAST TO PUSH ONTO THE WEST COAST FRIDAY AND SHIFT EAST INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION SATURDAY...SETTING THE STAGE FOR AN ACTIVE WEATHER PERIOD ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LONGWAVE TROF AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO AGAIN DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THE DRYLINE AND PUSH TOWARD EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE CWA WILL BE POSITIONED WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GREATER CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL SHOULD BE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE DRYLINE SHIFTS EASTWARD TO AROUND THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND THE LONGWAVE TROF WRAPS UP INTO A CLOSED LOW OVER THE PLAINS. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. EXTENDED MODEL SOLUTIONS STILL HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE DETAILS OF THE SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT...AND ONCE AGAIN HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. THUS...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE DRYLINE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY MORNING WHILE THE CLOSED LOW STALLS OVER PLAINS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY WITH MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY BEFORE THE COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS OFF TO THE EAST. BEHIND THE EXITING SYSTEM...NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR MUCH COLDER TEMPS TO FILTER INTO THE CWA FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM....99 AVIATION...10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 455 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000- 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- 455 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 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. ONSET...AFTER 10 PM. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ONSET...ONGOING. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES... THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ONGOING ALONG A DRYLINE OUT IN THE PANHANDLES WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT... SOMETIME AFTER 10 PM. DUE TO THE WEAKER INSTABILITY AT NIGHT... THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL BE LIMITED... WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT... MAINLY EAST OF TULSA. DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THE FRONT CLEARS OUR AREA....THERE COULD BE A LIMITED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS WELL. A MORE SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME WHEN THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ON SUNDAY... INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND STRONG TORNADOES. SOME RISK OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY AS WELL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND NWS PRODUCTS AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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