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Flood Watch 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 202513 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at May 19, 2025, 2:11 AM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 19, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2025, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
In effect from
May 19, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2025, 2:36 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity
None

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 235 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2025-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3395 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2025-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.1
Supercell composite
19.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 19, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:24 PM CDT, 8 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
524 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-191000-
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-
524 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...After 9 PM.

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

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
A cluster of severe thunderstorms currently across northwest
Arkansas will move east of the area early this evening. Isolated
thunderstorm development remains possible this evening across
eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, and if storms do develop,
they will have a high probability of being severe.

The more likely scenario is for severe storms developing across
parts of western Oklahoma to move east and possibly affect parts
of our area by late this evening into the overnight hours. It is
uncertain if these storms will maintain themselves long enough to
make it into eastern Oklahoma, but if they do, all severe hazards
will be possible.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
MONDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential...
         Heavy Rain Potential.
TUESDAY...High Wind Potential.
WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.
THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
The threat for severe weather increases further on Monday.
Unstable air is forecast to overspread the entire area as a
storm system approaches from the west. The degree of forecast
instability and the pattern of the winds aloft suggest the
potential for very large hail, damaging winds, and a few
tornadoes. The higher-end potential on Monday and Monday evening
is forecast to be over most of eastern Oklahoma and northwest
and west central Arkansas.

Low to medium thunderstorm chances, including a limited risk of
severe weather, are reintroduced late this week after a couple of
days of dry weather.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
Emergency management and response agencies should be prepared for
severe weather operations for the next couple of days and be
ready to respond to impacts.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 8:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
839 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

OKZ049-053-076-190245-
Choctaw OK-Pushmataha OK-Le Flore OK-
839 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PUSHMATAHA...CHOCTAW AND
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM CDT...

At 837 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong gusty winds due
to distant thunderstorms across portions of southeast Oklahoma.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Ord...                            Octavia...
Snow...                           Rattan...
Fallon...                         Sobol...
Tuskahoma...                      Sawyer...
Frogville...                      Big Cedar...
Hugo Lake State Park...           Darwin...
Stanley...                        Kiamichi...
Whitesboro...                     Kellond...
Unger...                          Eubanks...
Grant...                          Clayton Lake State Park...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 9554 3394 9560 3387 9578 3394 9594
      3412 9594 3415 9598 3416 9578 3450 9578
      3451 9567 3459 9567 3468 9506 3483 9445
      3451 9447 3450 9505 3425 9505 3424 9515
      3394 9516 3396 9523 3387 9529 3387 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 257DEG 33KT 3407 9561

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Local storm report, May 18, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha66 min
May 18, 9:25 PM CDTWind AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha3 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware59 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa30 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee6 hr
May 19, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata16 min
May 19, 8:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 days
May 19, 11:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg57 min
May 19, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha55 min
May 19, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more56 min
May 19, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer50 min
May 19, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner50 min
May 19, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers, Tulsa37 min
May 19, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more47 min
May 19, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa62 min
May 19, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata36 min
May 19, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek33 min
May 19, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata47 min
May 19, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair, Delaware30 hr
May 19, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee60 hr
May 19, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee41 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore32 hr
May 19, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee27 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more49 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee43 min
May 19, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington43 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee33 min
May 19, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner38 min
May 19, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers and 3 more52 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee33 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSACherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner44 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh28 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner39 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington50 min
May 19, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware50 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Ottawa33 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes48 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner53 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAPittsburg46 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg25 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware24 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner47 min
May 19, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAAdair43 min
May 19, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha3 hr
May 19, 5:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAPittsburg35 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair27 min
May 19, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg28 min
May 19, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner40 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner46 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes27 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg52 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg48 min
May 19, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner42 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah3 hr
May 19, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes37 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah36 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner32 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more42 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAOsage39 min
May 19, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg25 min
May 19, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee25 min
May 19, 6:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAAdair23 min
May 19, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware52 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah51 min
May 19, 2:55 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin34 hr
May 19, 2:55 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAFranklin, Johnson, Logan53 hr
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.