Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2024

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2024Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2024, 8:53 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2024, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2024, 9:27 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 6.8
Supercell composite: 21.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 25, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
503 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261015-
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-
503 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight.

TORNADO.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...This evening.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...This evening.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Severe storms are underway across northwest Texas and
southwest Oklahoma, with additional development across the Texas and
Oklahoma panhandles late this afternoon. As these storms move east
towards central Oklahoma, the potential for severe thunderstorms
across parts of eastern Oklahoma remains in place later this
evening. The storms will likely be widely scattered, but will pose
the threat of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes. As
activity moves further into eastern Oklahoma, storms are expected to
weaken some as they move into Arkansas. Further north, an organized
MCS that track east across southern Kansas may clip parts of far
northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas late tonight. These storms
will carry mainly a damaging wind threat along with an isolated
tornado potential.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Likely.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential.
MONDAY...No Hazards.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A couple of quiet days are expected for the remainder of the
holiday weekend. A few thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday
across far eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas as a cold front
moves through, but will quickly shift eastward. Nightly
thunderstorm chances will return by mid week as northwest flow
aloft sets up and chances increase for storm complexes moving into
the region overnight. Some severe potential will likely exist on
those nights, along with the threat for heavy rainfall and
isolated flooding.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 8:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
830 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

OKZ054-059-260230-
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
830 PM CDT Sat May 25 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMs WILL IMPACT NORTHERN OSAGE AND NORTH CENTRAL
PAWNEE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM CDT...

At 829 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
southwest of Tonkawa, moving northeast at 55 mph. Other strong
thunderstorms were northwest of Grainola.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Pawhuska...                       Fairfax...
Barnsdall...                      Shidler...
Wynona...                         Burbank...
Grainola...                       Foraker...
Pearsonia...                      Southern Kaw Lake...
Webb City...                      Tallant...
Apperson...                       Pershing...
Nelagoney...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9639 3653 9614 3651 9701 3653 9698
      3655 9690 3658 9689 3660 9692 3658 9698
      3659 9705 3660 9704 3668 9706 3670 9703
      3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683 3677 9682
      3678 9675 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 239DEG 50KT 3665 9734

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

69

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	62 min
May 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	60 min
May 25, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	67 min
May 25, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	42 min
May 25, 10:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	42 min
May 25, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	39 min
May 25, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	49 min
May 25, 11:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers	51 min
May 26, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	45 min
May 26, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	43 min
May 26, 12:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	49 min
May 26, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	24 min
May 26, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	34 min
May 26, 12:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	46 min
May 26, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	26 min
May 26, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah	65 min
May 26, 12:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	48 min
May 26, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	17 min
May 26, 1:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	42 min
May 26, 1:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	15 min
May 26, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Wagoner	29 min
May 26, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	35 min
May 26, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Nowata	41 min
May 26, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	50 min
May 26, 2:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	3 hr
May 26, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	9 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	36 min
May 26, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	39 min
May 26, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	45 min
May 26, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	48 min
May 26, 1:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton	49 min
May 26, 2:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	41 min
May 26, 2:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton	3 hr
May 26, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	41 min
May 26, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	14 min
May 26, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	24 min
May 26, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	65 min
May 26, 3:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	3 hr
May 26, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	50 min
May 26, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	48 min
May 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	32 min
May 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	49 min
May 26, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2024 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.