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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
County Crawford County, AR
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, 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 this special weather statement went out at Mar 25, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 120 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261000- 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- 120 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TORNADO. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT WINDS. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...THIS EVENING. FIRE WEATHER DANGER. RISK...ELEVATED. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE INTIIAL STORMS WILL ALSO BE SLOW MOVING...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. BY EARLY THIS EVENING...THE STORMS WILL CONGEAL INTO A MORE SOLID LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL THEN PROGRESS SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO DAMAGING WINDS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 40 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... WARM WEATHER AND MOISTURE RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND WILL AGAIN SET THE STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT TRAVERSES THE REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 3:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
307 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
ARZ019-020-029-OKZ072-076-252030-
CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-
307 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
CRAWFORD
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
WESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH
AT 307 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF
ROLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. RESIDENTS
IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3576 9406 3557 9391 3531 9448 3547 9460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 238DEG 39KT 3544 9444The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 45 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 days |
| Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 4:07 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 33 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 20 min |
| Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Tulsa | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 2 more | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 15 min |
| Mar 25, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 68 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.