SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK

254 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...EASTERN CREEK COUNTY, SOUTHERN NOWATA COUNTY, ROGERS COUNTY, TULSA COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA UNTIL 400 PM CDT

AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VERA TO MOUNDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE MOUNDS, OWASSO, GLENPOOL, JENKS, TULSA, OOLOGAH, TALALA, BIXBY, WATOVA, CATOOSA, BROKEN ARROW, NOWATA, VERDIGRIS, CLAREMORE, NEW ALLUWE, ONETA, COWETA, FOYIL, TIAWAH AND INOLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK

SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 742 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS

EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN OKLAHOMA:

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE, MUSKOGEE, OKFUSKEE AND SEQUOYAH.

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR, CRAIG, CREEK, DELAWARE, MAYES, NOWATA, OKMULGEE, OSAGE, OTTAWA, PAWNEE, ROGERS, TULSA, WAGONER AND WASHINGTON

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: HASKELL, LATIMER, MCINTOSH AND PITTSBURG.