Thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 16th. The strongest of these heat and terrain-induced thunderstorms produced damaging wind.
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Thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon of the 16th. The strongest of these heat and terrain-induced thunderstorms produced damaging wind.
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 Jul 16, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tulsa OK 300 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 .DISCUSSION... Isolated convection may continue this afternoon and evening primarily over favored terrain areas...otherwise precip chances will continue to dwindle as upper high pressure strengthens over the Plains. Temps will trend higher especially by mid to late next week as soils continue to dry. A weak and dissipating cold front may slide into far E OK / W AR around Tuesday which may slightly increase precip chances...otherwise dry and hot conditions will rule. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TUL 76 96 76 97 / 10 0 0 10 FSM 75 97 76 97 / 10 0 0 0 MLC 75 95 76 95 / 10 0 0 0 BVO 73 96 73 95 / 0 0 0 10 FYV 71 92 71 92 / 10 0 0 10 BYV 72 92 72 93 / 10 0 0 10 MKO 73 95 74 94 / 10 0 0 10 MIO 75 96 75 95 / 10 0 0 0 F10 74 95 75 95 / 10 0 0 0 HHW 74 97 75 96 / 10 0 0 0 && .TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...None. AR...None. && LONG TERM....07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 449 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171030- 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- 449 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING...BUT DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ...WILL REMAIN VERY LIMITED AS WEAK WINDS ALOFT PERSIST. ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS UPCOMING WEEK...RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
614 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
OKZ070-071-162345-
MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
614 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 614 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WARNER...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
WARNER... WEBBERS FALLS...
KEEFETON...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 268 AND
285.
LAT...LON 3564 9545 3560 9513 3552 9513 3536 9522
3540 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 193DEG 9KT 3546 9530The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
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