Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of the 6th across eastern Oklahoma. One of the storms produced severe wind gusts in Craig County.
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Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours of the 6th across eastern Oklahoma. One of the storms produced severe wind gusts in Craig 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 Aug 6, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ARE SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER TODAY THAN THEY WERE YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER. WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE FAVORED TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MOIST AND WEAKLY CAPPED ENVIRONMENT. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS REGION INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN. THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAMP UP AGAIN FRIDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS NEAR THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER AND A SERIES OF MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES TRAVERSE THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAKES A RUN AT THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE WASHING OUT. HAVE KEPT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DRY BUT POPS MAY BE NECESSARY WITH THE BOUNDARY STILL IN THE AREA. HAVE GENERALLY ACCEPTED CONSALL TEMPERATURES IN THE DAYS 4 THROUGH 7 PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 75 95 75 96 / 40 20 10 20 FSM 74 94 73 97 / 30 30 10 20 MLC 75 95 75 98 / 30 20 10 20 BVO 72 96 71 95 / 50 20 10 20 FYV 72 90 71 92 / 40 40 20 30 BYV 71 88 71 92 / 40 50 20 30 MKO 74 94 73 96 / 40 30 10 20 MIO 74 93 72 93 / 60 30 20 20 F10 74 95 74 96 / 30 20 10 20 HHW 74 94 73 98 / 10 20 10 10 && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && LONG TERM....10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 118 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071000- 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- 118 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014 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...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 412. ONSET...AFTER 7 PM. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT IN KANSAS AND MOVE EAST AS A CLUSTER DURING THE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY CLIP NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LIMITED RISK OF DAMAGING WINDS EXISTS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. HEAT INDICES ARE CLIMBING TO NEAR DANGEROUS LEVELS IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... WHAT IS LEFT OF TONIGHTS THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER AS IT MOVES INTO MISSOURI MAY AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THESE STORMS MAY FOCUS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS...POOLING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES TO AROUND 100 MOST AFTERNOONS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF WEAK IMPULSES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AND INTERACT ALONG AN OLD BOUNDARY WHICH WILL BE NEAR THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LACY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
319 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014
OKZ061-062045-
ROGERS OK-
319 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN ROGERS
AT 319 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
TALALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUSHYHEAD AND TALALA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3660 9552 3645 9546 3642 9569 3653 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 246DEG 13KT 3646 9568The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Oklahoma Mesonet station located seven miles east of Centralia measured 66 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 2014
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