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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 20257 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2025, 12:34 PM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 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: May 19, 2025, 12:34 PM CDT (17:34 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cherokee County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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
May 19, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 2765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 27.8

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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 May 19, 10:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:59 AM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 7:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 8:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
814 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025

OKZ056-057-191330-
Craig OK-Nowata OK-
814 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL CRAIG AND EASTERN
NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM CDT...

At 814 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near
Nowata, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations in or near the path include...
Delaware...                       Nowata...
Centralia...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 9560 3673 9570 3698 9548 3683 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 225DEG 35KT 3673 9562

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	66 min
May 18, 9:25 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 19, 2:11 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more	24 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	59 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	30 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	6 hr
May 19, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	16 min
May 19, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
May 19, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	57 min
May 19, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	55 min
May 19, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	50 min
May 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
May 19, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	37 min
May 19, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	47 min
May 19, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	62 min
May 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	36 min
May 19, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 min
May 19, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	47 min
May 19, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	30 hr
May 19, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	60 hr
May 19, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	41 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	32 hr
May 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	49 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	43 min
May 19, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	43 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 19, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	38 min
May 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers and 3 more	52 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	44 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	28 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	39 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	50 min
May 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	50 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	33 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	48 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	53 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	25 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	24 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	47 min
May 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair	43 min
May 19, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	27 min
May 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	28 min
May 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	40 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	46 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	27 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	52 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	48 min
May 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	42 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	37 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	36 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	32 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more	42 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	39 min
May 19, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	25 min
May 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	25 min
May 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 19, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	52 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	51 min
May 19, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	34 hr
May 19, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	53 hr
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	33 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.