Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 9th. The strongest storm produced damaging winds.
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Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across portions of northeastern Oklahoma during the morning hours of the 9th. The strongest storm produced damaging winds.
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 9, 5:19 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Tulsa OK 619 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 .AVIATION... CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM/KROG. Surface boundaries laid down by previous convection will be the focus for scattered thunderstorms across the area through early to mid afternoon. Given the uncertainty for pinpointing locations for initiation...will carry tempo groups across the NW AR sites based on proximity of ongoing convection. Elsewhere...have opted to carry vcts. Otherwise...VFR conditions can be expected at all sites outside of convection for this TAF period. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /Issued 341 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016/ DISCUSSION... The combination of a weak surface frontal boundary, numerous convective outflow boundaries, and a weak upper level disturbance will continue to result in at least scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area today. Numerical models are all over the place with convective placement and timing, so confidence is low in how things play out today. By tonight and Sunday, convection should become more isolated as the old frontal boundary washes out and the upper level disturbance moves slowly off to the east. Dry weather will return for the first part of next week, but another frontal boundary and upper disturbance will approach by late Wednesday night and Thursday increasing shower and thunderstorm chances once again for the latter part of next week. Stayed close to guidance temperatures the next couple days, but went well above the NAM and GFS MOS pops through Sunday, which is more in line with most other available models. && .TSA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... OK...None. AR...None. && AVIATION...23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 442 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-100945- 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- 442 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...SEVERE STORM AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL TODAY... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ONSET...TODAY. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DANGEROUS HEAT. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION... LOCALIZED SURFACE BOUNDARIES LAID DOWN BY CONVECTION OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL SERVE AS FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE THAT COMBINES WITH EVEN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF SUN WILL CREATE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT A FEW STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COUPLED WITH THE DEEP MOISTURE WILL AGAIN PROMOTE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAVE SEEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...THEREFORE ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS PRODUCED BY THE STRONGER STORMS WILL RESULT IN A LIMITED FLASH FLOOD THREAT TODAY ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AREAL COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE DECLINE FOR THE LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEKEND...WITH HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN LATER IN THE WEEK AS ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACH THE AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:35 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and flipped a carport just south of Shady Creek Cove on the east side of Lake Oolagah.
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