Severe thunderstorm for McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, issued by National Weather Service, Shreveport, La.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
607 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA…
NORTHWESTERN SEVIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS…
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 606 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GILLHAM…OR 11 MILES WEST OF DE
QUEEN…AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* GILLHAM IS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA…AS WELL
AS MUCH OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH…WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH…WILL BE COMMON. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AROUND HOLLIS…HOBART…AND CLINTON.
DURING THE EVENING HOURS…THE WIND WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AT ALL
LOCATIONS. BY 10 PM…MOST AREAS SHOULD EXPERIENCE A LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WIND. WITH THE LIGHT WIND AND DRY AIR…TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL QUICKLY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S ARE
EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning, LeFlore and Pushmataha Counties in Southeastern Oklahoma, from National Weather Service in Tulsa
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 501 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OCTAVIA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE…
QUARTER SIZE HAIL…
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE…BIG
CEDAR…HEAVENER…HOWE…MUSE…OCTAVIA…WHITESBORO AND WISTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM…BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Update on Tornado Watch area, National Weather Service, Tulsa
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 114 FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS CANCELS 5 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
DELAWARE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MCINTOSH PITTSBURG
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…EUFAULA…JAY…MCALESTER…
MUSKOGEE AND TAHLEQUAH.
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TORNADO WATCH 114 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD
MADISON WASHINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SEQUOYAH
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ADAIR
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER
LE FLORE PUSHMATAHA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ANTLERS…BENTONVILLE…
BERRYVILLE…CHARLESTON…CLAYTON…EUREKA SPRINGS…
FAYETTEVILLE…FORT SMITH…HUGO…HUNTSVILLE…OZARK…POTEAU…
ROGERS…SALLISAW…SPRINGDALE…STIGLER…STILWELL…
VAN BUREN AND WILBURTON.
Golf ball size hail reported from Stigler to National Weather Service, Tulsa
Short-term forecast, National Weather Service, Norman
.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
AT 345 PM…STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE PRESENT ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA…AS WELL AS MUCH OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. SUSTAINED WINDS WERE MEASURED AT SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25
MPH…WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH.
THROUGH 5 PM…STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP EASTWARD…ENCOMPASSING
AREAS WEST OF AN APPROXIMATE LINE FROM CUSHING…TO CHANDLER…TO
SULPHUR OKLAHOMA…TO HENRIETTA TEXAS. WIND SPEEDS WILL WEAKEN
SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARD EARLY EVENING.
A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEVELOPING HIGH BASED CUMULUS CLOUDS. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE DURANT AND ATOKA AREAS…AND NO
FURTHER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS…WESTERN OR CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON.
Tornado watch issued by National Weather Service, Tulsa until 8 pm (areas of East Central, Northeast, Southeast Oklahoma)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 114 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
BENTON CARROLL CRAWFORD
MADISON WASHINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE SEQUOYAH
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ADAIR DELAWARE
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER
LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG
PUSHMATAHA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ANTLERS…BENTONVILLE…
BERRYVILLE…CHARLESTON…CLAYTON…EUFAULA…EUREKA SPRINGS…
FAYETTEVILLE…FORT SMITH…HUGO…HUNTSVILLE…JAY…MCALESTER…
MUSKOGEE…OZARK…POTEAU…ROGERS…SALLISAW…SPRINGDALE…
STIGLER…STILWELL…TAHLEQUAH…VAN BUREN AND WILBURTON.
Short-term forecast from National Weather Service, Norman
REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
AT 120 PM…A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT
WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF DURANT…NORTHEAST TOWARD ATOKA AND
MCALESTER. THE ENTIRE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH…WITH
INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG THE LINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 30 MPH. ONE STORM SOUTH OF LANE IN ATOKA COUNTY WAS LIKELY
PRODUCING AT LEAST SOME SMALL HAIL…ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THROUGH 3 PM…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH EAST OUT OF BRYAN
AND ATOKA COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BE FAIRLY COMMON…
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING IN SOME LOCATIONS. ISOLATED POINTS
MAY SEE SOME HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE…ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH.
MEANWHILE…THE WIND HAS BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY OUT OF THE
SOUTHWEST IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THESE WINDS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER EAST WITH TIME…REACHING A LINE
FROM NEAR BLACKWELL SOUTH TO AROUND PAULS VALLEY BY 3 PM. WIND
SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED…WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 40
MPH.
Hazardous weather outlook, from National Weather Service, Norman
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. ISOLATED HIGH BASED STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER… SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION…
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON…WITH SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
NEAR THE FRONT. WEAK INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY PRECLUDE ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER… SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
STRONG PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH… SMALL HAIL… AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA MAY PRODUCE A FEW
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY MAY 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…15 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION FROM LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN AND A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME… WITH THE MAIN HAZARD
BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.
Creek, Okfuskee and Okmulgee Counties, Significant Weather Advisory, National Weather Service, Tulsa
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1154 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
OKZ064>066-301730-
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1154 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2010
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN OKMULGEE AND SOUTHERN CREEK
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL OKFUSKEE
AT 1154 AM CDT…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
BEARDEN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE…WILSON…OKEMAH…WELEETKA…
BEARDEN…CLEARVIEW…PHAROAH…CASTLE…OKFUSKEE…HENRYETTA AND
SCHULTER.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
