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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 20, 20254 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2025, 12:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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: Apr 20, 2025, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2025, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 20, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 486 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 20, 11:54 AM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 11:54 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 5:28 AM CDT, 7 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
528 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211000-
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-
528 AM CDT Sun Apr 20 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL CONTINUES
THROUGH TODAY...

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...Mainly Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Early Afternoon.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Mainly Far Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Around Noon.

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

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

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

DISCUSSION...
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue this
morning as an upper level storm system moves into Oklahoma from
the southwest. By late morning, a line of storms is expected to
develop along a cold front that will sweep east across the area
late this morning and this afternoon. This line of storms will
intensify as it moves rapidly east into northwest Arkanss early
this afternoon, with all severe weather hazards including
tornadoes possible. Locally heavy rainfall of 1-2 inches will also
be possible in some places, which will aggravate the flooding that
occurred overnight. The showers and storms will move east out of
the area by late this afternoon.

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

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
After a couple dry days Monday and Tuesday, unsettled weather will
return late Tuesday night through the rest of the week, with
scattered thunderstorms expected each day. Some severe weather and
heavy rain potential will exist during this time period, but
details remain unclear at this time.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 20, 12:04 PM CDT, 46 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, 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
Apr 20, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	26 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.