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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2025, 5:47 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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 29, 2025, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2025, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
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 29, 2:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:58 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Tulsa OK 458 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301000- 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- 458 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025 ...SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD RISK THRU WEDNESDAY NIGHT... This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as much of Eastern Oklahoma. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...Limited. AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. ONSET...Ongoing. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...Elevated. AREA...Northeast Oklahoma and far Northwest Arkansas. ONSET...After 7 AM. DISCUSSION... Thunderstorms will increase in coverage this morning across northeast Oklahoma and far northwest Arkansas, with a limited severe and heavy rain risk. More storms are expected to develop this afternoon near and behind the front across eastern Oklahoma into northwest Arkansas, posing a limited severe and elevated flood risk. More storms are expected to move into east-central and southeast Oklahoma tonight from the west, with a limited severe risk and elevated flood risk. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm...Heavy Rain Potential. THURSDAY and FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. SATURDAY...No Hazards. SUNDAY and MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... Another round of storms is expected Wednesday in association with an approaching upper storm system. Storms along and south of I-40 will have the greatest severe risk, with an elevated flood risk continuing due to multiple rounds of storms over a couple of days. Flash and main-stem river flooding are expected. Another upper disturbance will swing across the Plains Thursday night into Friday, brining another round of showers and storms. After a quiet weekend, low thunderstorm chances return mainly along and west of highway 75 Sunday night and Monday. weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:09 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
509 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025
OKZ054-059-291100-
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
509 AM CDT Tue Apr 29 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN OSAGE AND NORTHWESTERN
PAWNEE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM CDT...
At 509 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 3 miles north of Grainola to 3 miles southeast of
Kildare to Billings. Movement was east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Foraker... Grainola...
Pearsonia... Webb City...
Shidler... Apperson...
Burbank... Elgin...
Fairfax... Kaw Lake...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9601 3678 9635 3647 9689 3647 9703
3651 9703 3653 9698 3655 9690 3658 9689
3660 9692 3658 9698 3659 9705 3668 9706
3670 9703 3668 9694 3675 9689 3674 9683
3677 9682 3678 9675 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1009Z 263DEG 27KT 3699 9664 3678 9699 3653 9745
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 6:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 6:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 7:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Rogers | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 8:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 7 min |
| Apr 29, 8:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 5 min |
| Apr 29, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 64 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 2:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 3:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 115 min |
| Apr 29, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 30 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.