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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 315, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2025Creek County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2025, 6:01 PM CDT for Creek County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 3, 2025, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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
Jun 3, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 1587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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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 Jun 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:26 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
526 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-041000-
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-
526 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Mainly Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

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

DISCUSSION...
Strong to severe thunderstorms are organizing into a line as they
move into eastern Oklahoma late this afternoon. These storms will
move east across the area through this evening, with damaging
winds being the main severe weather threat. A brief tornado or two
will also be possible, especially across parts of eastern Oklahoma
through early evening. Heavy rain from the storms will promote a
flash flood and river flood potential.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.
WEDNESDAY through SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
SUNDAY and MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Wednesday will be a bit quieter, though a few storms may continue
across mainly northwest Arkansas. Several rounds of thunderstorms
are expected late Thursday into early next week. Significant
rainfall totals are possible, with some severe potential as well.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
404 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

OKZ054-032130-
Osage OK-
404 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL OSAGE COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM CDT...

At 404 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 5 miles north of Grainola to 4 miles north of
Shidler. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Grainola...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9636 3697 9636 3681 9673 3700 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 230DEG 42KT 3702 9668 3685 9667

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
444 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

OKZ054-032230-
Osage OK-
444 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM CDT...

At 443 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from Elgin to 7 miles northwest of Bigheart. Movement
was east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
Wah Sha She State Park...         Hulah...
Elgin...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9600 3685 9600 3690 9633 3700 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 266DEG 24KT 3700 9627 3690 9634

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:41 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
541 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

OKZ054>056-032345-
Osage OK-Nowata OK-Washington OK-
541 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN OSAGE...WASHINGTON
AND NOWATA COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 541 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 5 miles north of Hulah to 2 miles south of Osage
Hills State Park. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects.

Locations in or near the path include...
New Alluwe...                     Bigheart...
Wann...                           Wah Sha She State Park...
Lenapah...                        Dewey...
Bartlesville Municipal Airport... South Coffeyville...
Hulah...                          Delaware...
Ochelata...                       Tallant...
Sunset Lake...                    Osage Hills State Park...
Pershing...                       Watova...
Nowata...                         Bartlesville...
Copan...                          Nelagoney...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9543 3660 9543 3659 9633 3700 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 260DEG 34KT 3700 9605 3670 9619

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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
Jun 2, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
Jun 2, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	46 min
Jun 3, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	47 min
Jun 3, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington	48 min
Jun 3, 9:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	7 days
Jun 3, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	26 min
Jun 3, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	58 min
Jun 3, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	55 min
Jun 3, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	3 hr
Jun 3, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	20 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	64 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	49 min
Jun 3, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	49 min
Jun 3, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	52 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	48 min
Jun 3, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	44 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.