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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 27, 2025Benton County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2025, 4:44 AM CDT for Benton County, Madison County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 17 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 27, 2025, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2025, 5:01 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Benton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 1:12 PM CDT, 15 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
112 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-271015-
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-
112 PM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Rest of Today and Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Mainly Southeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

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

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

DISCUSSION...
A storm system will continue move into the area today bringing
widespread rainfall. Rain will move from eastern Oklahoma into
northwest AR late this afternoon or early this evening. Areas of
heavy rainfall may occur. Additionally, thunderstorms, some of
which could be marginally severe, are expected. The main hazards
would be hail up to 1" and wind gusts up to 60 mph. There is a
very limited tornado threat, mainly across southeast Oklahoma. Any
severe weather will mostly focus across southeast OK.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Unsettled and stormy weather continues through most of the next
week. Sunday will only see a few scattered thunderstorms in the
morning hours. Much of Monday will also be quiet, but thunderstorm
activity ramps up late in the day. Severe thunderstorms may occur
Monday evening and again Tuesday and Wednesday. Areas of heavy
rain are also expected resulting in some flood potential,
including creeks and rivers. Conditions finally dry out by next
Friday.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin46 min
Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford38 min
Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSASebastian117 min
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington35 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.