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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2025Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2025, 11:18 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1738 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1738 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.2

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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, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee44 min
Jun 3, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington24 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Washington3 hr
Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner50 min
Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more2 hr
Jun 3, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee45 min
Jun 3, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Ottawa3 hr
Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg30 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee, Wagoner48 min
Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg43 min
Jun 3, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg45 min
Jun 3, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee41 min
Jun 3, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha47 min
Jun 3, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware35 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair47 min
Jun 3, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha48 min
Jun 3, 10:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Latimer, Pushmataha3 hr
Jun 3, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw34 min
Jun 3, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha44 min
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw53 min
Jun 3, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha44 min
Jun 4, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcCurtain39 min
Jun 4, 5:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa4 hr
Jun 4, 7:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSARogers, Tulsa35 hr
Jun 3, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton36 min
Jun 3, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSABenton46 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACarroll47 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.