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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 17, 20256 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2025, 11:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in 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 17, 2025, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2025, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 2854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 465 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 17.4

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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 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Issued at 126 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025
Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall expected overnight and early Wednesday.
Dry and summer-like conditions are expected late in the week and into the upcoming weekend.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
Issued by National Weather Service Norman OK
624 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 126 AM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

  - Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall expected overnight and
    early Wednesday.

  - Dry and summer-like conditions are expected late in the week
    and into the upcoming weekend.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(The rest of this afternoon )
Issued at 136 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

The remainder of the afternoon will be uneventful weather-wise over
eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas... prior to notable severe
weather and heavy rainfall/flood risks in the subsequent hours.

All substantive convection has exited the area - particularly east of a MCV
over northwestern Arkansas - providing a momentary lull in storm impacts.
Cirrus/high clouds from convective debris continue to stream over the area
providing filtered insolation and moderating temperatures over much of
northeastern Oklahoma/northwestern Arkansas which remain in the upper 70s to
lower 80s at this time.

Current interests revolve around the evolution of an outflow boundary
which is now situated from near Stillwater to McAlester. Additionally a
broken line of strong storms is ongoing along an approaching front over
Kansas. There is a low probability this activity may approach Ottawa
and/or Craig Counties later this afternoon. Otherwise, both of these
features will be important to potential outcomes overnight/early Wednesday.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tonight through Tuesday)
Issued at 136 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

One or more organized convective complexes will approach the forecast/warning
area by 02-05z (9 pm to midnight). Given strong instability and sufficient
wind shear, these storms will be capable of all severe weather hazards
through the overnight hours...with the potential of locally damaging winds
of particular concern. Also, short-range ensembles suggests 65 percent
probabilities of 2 inch or greater rainfall over northeastern Oklahoma by
early/mid Wednesday. Thus flood/flash flood risks are also present. High-
resolution ensembles present the greatest prospects for damaging winds
generally along and west of the I44 corridor roughly between 05-07z.

Lingering convection and associated hazards (perhaps transiting toward heavy
rain/flooding) will persist into the first half of Wednesday.

By Thursday, the ridge starts to build back in, reducing our rain
chances.

Temperatures begin to cool in northern Oklahoma on Wednesday to
the upper 80s as the frontal boundary moves through. By Thursday,
southerly flow will have returned allowing temperatures to climb
into the low 90s.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 621 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

Ongoing VFR conditions will deteriorate as a complex of storms
sweeps across the region this evening into the overnight hours. The
peak of severe weather may pose a risk of locally damaging winds
primarily across NE OK. Convection may linger past sunrise in wake
of the strongest storms especially in vicinity of the remnant outflow
boundary. A window of MVFR ceilings may persist through the morning with
VFR ceilings thereafter. A chance of storms may persist through the
afternoon primarily from SE OK through NW AR.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   74  86  69  91 /  60  40  10   0
FSM   76  89  72  91 /  50  50  40  10
MLC   74  88  70  91 /  30  40  40  10
BVO   69  85  65  91 /  60  40   0   0
FYV   72  85  66  89 /  80  60  40  10
BYV   71  85  66  87 /  60  70  40   0
MKO   73  85  69  88 /  60  50  20  10
MIO   71  83  66  88 /  80  50  10   0
F10   73  86  68  89 /  40  60  20  10
HHW   74  89  71  89 /  10  20  40  20

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...Flood Watch from 10 PM CDT this evening through Wednesday
     afternoon for OKZ054>070.

AR...Flood Watch from 10 PM CDT this evening through Wednesday
     afternoon for ARZ001-002-010-011.

&&

SHORT TERM...20
LONG TERM....20
AVIATION...99

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
Issued by National Weather Service Norman OK
310 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181045-
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-
310 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...Overnight and early Wednesday morning.

HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD RISK.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...vernight and early Wednesday morning.

DISCUSSION...
An intense complex of thunderstorms is expected overnight tonight
with a cold front and a greater risk of severe weather. Damaging
wind gusts and hail are possible. There is the potential for bowing
segments within the complex of thunderstorms, which may result in a
risk for significant wind gusts--especially in areas generally along
and west of the Interstate 44 corridor...and in areas near the Kansas/
Oklahoma border. Heavy rainfall associated with this complex may also
result in localized flooding.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.
WEDNESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential
THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SATURDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
SUNDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.
Monday...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible on Wednesday as
the cold front lingers across the area. Damaging wind gusts and
hail will remain the primary hazards. Heavy rainfall may also
result in some flooding threat. There is uncertainty on where the
greatest risk of severe weather will be as it will depend on the
exact location of the front, which will be influenced by the
previous night's complex of thunderstorms. The risk of storms
should end from northwest to southeast late Wednesday into early
Thursday. Dangerous heat will return for the end of the workweek
and into the upcoming weekend.

weather.gov/tulsa for additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:31 PM CDT, 2 hours before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
931 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0927 PM     Hail             1 W Copan               36.90N 95.94W
06/17/2025  M1.75 Inch       Washington         OK   Emergency Mngr

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
Issued by National Weather Service Norman OK
932 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

OKZ054-060-061-180315-
Tulsa OK-Osage OK-Rogers OK-
932 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

...A gust front will impact portions of southern Rogers,
southeastern Osage and northern Tulsa Counties through 1015 PM CDT...

At 931 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a gust front along a line
extending from 3 miles northwest of Vera to 8 miles west of Sperry
to near Osage. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Tulsa, Sand Springs, Claremore, Owasso, Skiatook, Catoosa,
Collinsville, Verdigris, Sperry, Turley, Tulsa International Airport,
and Walnut Creek State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3639 9619 3644 9604 3644 9600 3642 9600
      3643 9593 3636 9543 3616 9573 3616 9576
      3614 9576 3611 9581 3607 9613 3608 9616
      3619 9625 3622 9625 3623 9628 3634 9642
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 315DEG 26KT 3647 9594 3633 9613 3627 9640

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
950 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     Hail             1 NE Bigheart           36.87N 96.22W
06/17/2025  E1.50 Inch       Osage              OK   Public

            Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50
            in.).

&&

Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
956 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     10 S Bartlesville       36.60N 95.98W
06/17/2025  E60 MPH          Washington         OK   Broadcast Media

&&

Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1015 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 SE Delaware           36.75N 95.60W
06/17/2025  M65 MPH          Nowata             OK   Mesonet

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1102 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

ARZ001-OKZ057-062-063-180445-
Benton AR-Craig OK-Delaware OK-Mayes OK-
1102 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BENTON...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAIG...CENTRAL DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MAYES COUNTIES
THROUGH 1145 PM CDT...

At 1101 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles
west of Honey Creek State Park, moving east at 35 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...
Pensacola...                      Maysville...
Jay...                            Dodge...
Honey Creek State Park...         Cherokee State Park...
Ketchum...                        Langley...
Lake Eucha State Park...          Grove...
Gravette...                       Disney Little Blue State Park...
Spavinaw State Park...            Strang...
Disney...                         Cleora...
Zena...                           Chloeta...
Spavinaw...                       Cherokee City...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
northwestern Arkansas...and northeastern Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9462 3650 9443 3628 9447 3637 9517
      3661 9512 3661 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 277DEG 30KT 3658 9484

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 17, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	46 min
Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	52 min
Jun 17, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	46 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	45 min
Jun 17, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	47 min
Jun 17, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	52 min
Jun 17, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	43 min
Jun 17, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Nowata	51 min
Jun 17, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	53 min
Jun 17, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	59 min
Jun 17, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	39 min
Jun 17, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Jun 17, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	43 min
Jun 17, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	43 min
Jun 17, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	50 min
Jun 17, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Washington	40 min
Jun 18, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 3 more	45 min
Jun 18, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:05 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	33 hr
Jun 18, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	44 min
Jun 18, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more	50 min
Jun 18, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	42 min
Jun 18, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	39 min
Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	36 min
Jun 18, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee	32 min
Jun 18, 12:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	25 min
Jun 18, 12:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	32 min
Jun 18, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa	43 min
Jun 18, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	40 min
Jun 18, 1:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	58 min
Jun 18, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	25 min
Jun 18, 1:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	33 min
Jun 18, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	44 min
Jun 18, 2:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	26 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	55 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	68 hr
Jun 18, 3:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	24 hr
Jun 18, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	29 min
Jun 18, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	17 hr
Jun 18, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	4 hr
Jun 18, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	42 min
Jun 18, 5:43 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee	9 hr
Jun 18, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	36 min
Jun 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	39 min
Jun 18, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, 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.