Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 8th. The strongest storms produced damaging winds and large hail.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 8th. The strongest storms produced damaging winds and large 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 Jul 8, 5:20 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tulsa OK 620 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016 .DISCUSSION... TSRA chances increase this afternoon across the NE OK and NW AR TAF sites. VFR cigs and MVFR vsbys are expected where scattered convection occurs. Across SE OK and WC AR...wont carry any thunder at KMLC this issuance...with a prob30 at KFSM between 21z and 03z. Areal coverage of thunderstorms should decrease between 04z and 06z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 325 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016/ DISCUSSION... A more active weather pattern will prevail over the next couple days as a weak upper level disturbance results in several rounds of showers and thunderstorms in and near our area. As is usual with summertime convection, pinning down the most likely time periods and areas for storms to occur is difficult, but the general theme is for storm coverage to be highest this afternoon into Saturday, with coverage waning by Sunday. The future evolution of storms in southwest Kansas and northwest Oklahoma is key to our weather today. The most likely scenario is for these storms to weaken this morning, but perhaps regenerate this afternoon along leftover boundaries. Conditions may approach heat advisory criteria today in some places, but there may be just enough clouds to keep most places below. This will need to be monitored as the day progresses. Dry weather looks to return for much of next week as an upper ridge reestablishes itself over the area. This will bring a return to the heat, and possibly the heat headlines. Another chance of showers and storms may occur just beyond the range of this forecast. Stayed close to guidance temperatures the next couple days. && .TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...None. AR...None. && AVIATION....23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
732 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-091000-
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-
732 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL THIS MORNING... AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ALL OF NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH MID MORNING...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DANGEROUS HEAT.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION... ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING THIS MORNING
ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...MAINLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE
44. ONE OR TWO STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
STRAIGHTLINE WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. ONGOING STORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL DIMINISH BETWEEN MID AND LATE MORNING.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON. LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES FROM MORNING CONVECTION MAY
CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT...HOWEVER MOST AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACTIVITY WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. AMPLE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE BY
AFTERNOON AND WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
STORMS WILL POSE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR DAMAGING DOWNBURST
WINDS...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH SLOWER MOVING STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. STORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ONGOING
OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BEGIN
DIMINISHING LATE IN THE EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING IS LOST.
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL SEE HOT
CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY AS THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN AWAY FROM
THE HIGHEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND THICKER CLOUD COVER.
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES WILL BE
COMMON.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK LIKELY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ONGOING INTO SATURDAY...WITH
LOWER CHANCES SUNDAY AS FOCUS FOR STORMS BEGINS TO LIFT AWAY FROM
THE REGION. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING IS FORECAST TO BUILD BACK OVER THE
PLAINS NEXT WEEK...WHICH WILL BRING VERY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS
BACK TO THE AREA WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
631 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
OKZ054-081200-
OSAGE OK-
631 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL
700 AM CDT...
AT 631 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FORAKER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SHIDLER... ELGIN...
GRAINOLA... FORAKER...
OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK... PEARSONIA...
BIGHEART... WEBB CITY...
LAT...LON 3700 9612 3674 9609 3665 9670 3688 9675
3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 265DEG 29KT 3684 9651SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
702 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
OKZ054-081230-
OSAGE OK-
702 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM
CDT...
AT 702 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PAWHUSKA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWHUSKA... HOMINY...
FAIRFAX... BARNSDALL...
WYNONA... OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...
OKESA... TALLANT...
PERSHING... NELAGONEY...
LAT...LON 3676 9609 3639 9613 3646 9671 3648 9670
3649 9672 3673 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 273DEG 18KT 3661 9637SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
749 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
OKZ059-081315-
PAWNEE OK-
749 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY UNTIL
815 AM CDT...
AT 749 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MORRISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWNEE...
LAT...LON 3647 9683 3616 9667 3616 9682 3624 9682
3625 9684 3625 9692 3633 9693 3634 9703
3643 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1249Z 241DEG 27KT 3623 9706SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
817 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
OKZ055-056-081345-
NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
817 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA AND CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM CDT...
AT 817 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF OCHELATA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BARTLESVILLE... OCHELATA...
LAT...LON 3660 9566 3660 9581 3658 9581 3656 9597
3672 9600 3677 9571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 261DEG 18KT 3664 9590The Tulsa radar (KINX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:25 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees, numerous large tree limbs, and power lines.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, July 2016
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: 649771, 649772, 649773, 649774.