How to report severe weather:

1. Submit a Report Via INWS
2.  Facebook NWSTulsa
3.  Twitter @NWSTulsa
4. Via email at, sr-tsa.webmaster@noaa.gov

When to send a storm report?

When you can do safely, please send us a report when you observe one or more of the following:

• Tornado
• Hail
  • 0.25" or less - Pea
  • 0.50" - Mothball
  • 0.75" - Dime/Penny
  • 0.88" - Nickel
  • 1.00" - Quarter
  • 1.25" - Half Dollar
  • 1.50" - Walnut/Ping Pong
  • 1.75" - Golf Ball
  • 2.00" - Hen Egg
  • 2.50" - Tennis Ball
  • 2.75" - Baseball
  • 3.00" - Tea Cup
  • 4.00" - Grapefruit
  • 4.50" - Softball
• Wind damage.
• Flooding
• Snowfall
• Rainfall 

Definitions:

• Tornado: A violently rotating column of air, usually pendant to a cumulonimbus, with circulation reaching the ground. It nearly always starts as a funnel cloud and may be accompanied by a loud roaring noise. On a local scale, it is the most destructive of all atmospheric phenomena.
• Severe Thunderstorm: A thunderstorm that produces a tornado, winds of at least 58 mph (50 knots), and/or hail at least 1" in diameter. Structural wind damage may imply the occurrence of a severe thunderstorm. A thunderstorm wind equal to or greater than 40 mph (35 knots) and/or hail of at least ½" is defined as approaching severe.
• Flash Flood: A flood which is caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in a short period of time, generally less than 6 hours. Also, at times a dam failure can cause a flash flood, depending on the type of dam and time period during which the break occurs.

Please include in your report, the location (town and county) and time/date that the severe weather occurred.

If you can supply a picture of the severe weather you are experiencing, please do.

View Storm Reports:

• Graphical Real-Time Local Storms Summary shows a graphical view of preliminary local storm reports.
• Preliminary Local Storm Reports - view the latest and past versions.
• National Storm Reports from the Storm Prediction Center.