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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2025, 1:17 AM CDT for LeFlore County, Pushmataha 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
- May 20, 2025, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2025, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 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, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 20, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
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 20, 12:37 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:37 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
524 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-201000-
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-
524 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025
...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...
This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.
.DAY ONE...Tonight.
TORNADO.
RISK...Elevated.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...Significant.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...Elevated.
AREA...Mainly Southeast of Interstate 44.
ONSET...Ongoing.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...Significant.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...Limited.
AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
ONSET...Ongoing.
DISCUSSION...
Widespread severe weather is expected to continue into tonight as
multiple rounds of thunderstorms impact the region. Large
instability and shear will support supercells capable of all
severe hazards, including potentially high impact severe hazards
such as very large hail, damaging wind gusts, and numerous
tornadoes.
Additionally, rich moisture content will lead to heavy rainfall
and flash flood potential as several rounds of thunderstorms
impact the same locations through tonight. Some areas have seen
recent rainfall of 2-5 inches already over the last two days with
additional heavy rainfall causing localized flash flooding
concerns across the region, especially to the southeast of
Interstate 44.
The final round of storms should begin to push through eastern
Oklahoma and into western Arkansas later this evening and
overnight as a cold front moves through the region from northwest
to southeast.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Activation of the Regional Spotter Network Expected.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.
TUESDAY...High Wind Potential.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY through SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Low to medium thunderstorm chances, including a limited risk of
severe weather, are reintroduced late this week after a couple of
days of dry weather. More rounds of thunderstorms may also again
lead to heavy rainfall and flooding concerns for some locations.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
Emergency management and response agencies should be ready to
respond to impacts from severe weather through tonight.
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 31 min |
| May 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 26 min |
| May 19, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 49 min |
| May 19, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:29 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 17 hr |
| May 19, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| May 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 28 min |
| May 19, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 26 min |
| May 19, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| May 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 36 min |
| May 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 31 min |
| May 19, 11:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 20 hr |
| May 19, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 20 hr |
| May 19, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 42 min |
| May 20, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 47 min |
| May 20, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 32 min |
| May 20, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 41 min |
| May 20, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 35 min |
| May 20, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 47 min |
| May 20, 1:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 104 min |
| May 20, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 30 min |
| May 20, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 28 min |
| May 20, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 20 min |
| May 20, 2:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 18 hr |
| May 20, 3:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 8 hr |
| May 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 30 min |
| May 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 53 min |
| May 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 36 min |
| May 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 33 min |
| May 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 17 min |
| May 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| May 20, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 27 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.