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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 20, 2025Madison County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2025, 7:47 AM CDT for Madison County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2025, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2025, 8:17 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Madison County, AR

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 20, 6:52 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 6:52 AM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 5:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 2:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
231 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

ARZ010-019-OKZ069-072-200830-
Washington AR-Crawford AR-Adair OK-Sequoyah OK-
231 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN CRAWFORD...SOUTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON...EASTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES THROUGH
330 AM CDT...

At 230 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 5 miles northeast of Bunch to 2 miles west of
Gans. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Shibley...                        Natural Dam...
Devils Den State Park...          Concord...
Strickler...                      Blackburn...
Figure Five...                    Roland...
Lee Creek...                      Uniontown...
Odell...                          Dora...
Van Buren...                      Furry...
Cedarville...                     Muldrow...
Short...                          Rudy...
Alma...                           West Fork...

This includes the following highways,
 Interstate 40 in Arkansas between mile markers 0 and 11.
 Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 314 and 328.
 Interstate 540 between mile markers 1 and 4.
 Interstate 49 between mile markers 22 and 25, and between mile
markers 50 and 51.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for northwestern
and west central Arkansas...and northeastern and east central
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3544 9424 3542 9435 3545 9441 3540 9443
      3535 9469 3571 9467 3591 9418
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 243DEG 21KT 3573 9468 3538 9473

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 2:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 6:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
645 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

ARZ011-020-201215-
Madison AR-Franklin AR-
645 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 715 AM CDT...

At 645 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
northeast of Cass, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Dutton...                         Cass...
Red Star...                       Pettigrew...
St. Paul...                       Redding...
Weathers...                       Kingston...
Witter...                         Brashears...
Combs...                          Turners Bend...
Taft...                           Boston...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3595 9349 3593 9349 3592 9351 3588 9351
      3588 9352 3577 9352 3576 9354 3577 9370
      3566 9370 3561 9378 3573 9391 3574 9391
      3575 9389 3576 9389 3576 9392 3609 9355
      3600 9345 3597 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1145Z 227DEG 34KT 3574 9379

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:38 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 10:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	3 hr
Apr 19, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	27 min
Apr 19, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	59 min
Apr 19, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	4 hr
Apr 19, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg	62 min
Apr 19, 11:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	16 min
Apr 19, 11:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	52 min
Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	7 min
Apr 19, 11:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	48 min
Apr 20, 12:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
Apr 20, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	41 min
Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	23 min
Apr 20, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	36 min
Apr 20, 12:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
Apr 20, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	32 min
Apr 20, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg	44 min
Apr 20, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	24 min
Apr 20, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	46 min
Apr 20, 12:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Tulsa	3 hr
Apr 20, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	50 min
Apr 20, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	49 min
Apr 20, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	33 min
Apr 20, 1:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	4 hr
Apr 20, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	37 min
Apr 20, 1:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	39 min
Apr 20, 1:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	4 days
Apr 20, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	34 min
Apr 20, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah	45 min
Apr 20, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	29 min
Apr 20, 2:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	12 min
Apr 20, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	47 min
Apr 20, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	51 min
Apr 20, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	51 min
Apr 20, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	29 min
Apr 20, 3:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	5 hr
Apr 20, 3:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	4 hr
Apr 20, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	37 min
Apr 20, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	35 min
Apr 20, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	36 min
Apr 20, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	35 hr
Apr 20, 8:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	54 hr
Apr 20, 10:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	2 hr
Apr 20, 10:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	37 min
Apr 20, 10:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 20, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	43 min
Apr 20, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	45 min
Apr 20, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	37 min
Apr 20, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	47 min
Apr 20, 12:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	26 min
Apr 20, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee	34 min
Apr 20, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	32 min
Apr 20, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Wagoner	43 min
Apr 20, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	26 min
Apr 20, 12:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Apr 20, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	40 min
Apr 20, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	43 min
Apr 20, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	42 min
Apr 20, 1:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 3 more	2 hr
Apr 20, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	29 min
Apr 20, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	27 min
Apr 20, 1:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	115 min
Apr 20, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	52 min
Apr 20, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	49 min
Apr 20, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	46 min
Apr 20, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	24 min
Apr 20, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	48 min
Apr 20, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	45 min
Apr 20, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	28 min
Apr 20, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	37 min
Apr 20, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
Apr 20, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	26 min
Apr 20, 2:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	8 hr
Apr 20, 2:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	6 hr
Apr 20, 2:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	15 hr
Apr 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	45 min
Apr 20, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	59 min
Apr 20, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Crawford, Madison, Washington	46 min
Apr 20, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	30 min
Apr 20, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	47 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.