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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 3, 2025Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2025, 5:05 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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: Apr 3, 2025, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 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 10:07 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 nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Apr 3, 2:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:59 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
459 AM CDT Thu Apr 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-
459 AM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING THREAT INTENSIFIES THROUGH SATURDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
    AREA...Far Southeast Oklahoma.
    ONSET...This Morning.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
    ONSET...This Morning.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Southeast Oklahoma and West Central Arkansas.
	ONSET...Later This Morning.

DISCUSSION...
Another round of showers and thunderstorms will move across the
region today. Severe potential will exist with storms mainly
across southeast Oklahoma into west central Arkansas south of a
frontal boundary draped across the area. Increasing moisture will
also lead to locally heavy rainfall as storms move over the same
areas from this morning through the afternoon, before moving off
to the east by mid afternoon.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.
FRIDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
SUNDAY...High Wind Potential.
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...No Hazards.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
The weather pattern remains favorable for multiple rounds of
heavy rain and thunderstorms  Saturday especially from southeast
Oklahoma through northwest Arkansas. Expect both flash flooding
and main stem river flooding concerns to increase both Friday and
Saturday. Severe weather potential will also exist Thursday and
Friday, focused across areas south and east of Interstate 44.
Large hail and damaging winds will be the main concerns, although
a limited threat for tornadoes may also exist.

Rain chances will gradually end during the daytime Sunday, with
breezy northerly winds persisting through the afternoon.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
Severe weather and flooding impacts are likely to impact
parts of eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas now through the
weekend. Multiple periods of response may be required.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:56 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
456 AM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

OKZ053-031030-
Choctaw OK-
456 AM CDT Thu Apr 3 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY THROUGH
530 AM CDT...

At 456 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 7 miles
southeast of Bennington, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow
         around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation
         is possible.

Locations in or near the path include...
Unger...                          Soper...
Boswell...                        Kent...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3391 9588 3392 9591 3394 9594 3413 9594
      3416 9592 3415 9559 3387 9584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0956Z 206DEG 43KT 3393 9595

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	34 min
Apr 3, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	44 min
Apr 3, 6:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	23 min
Apr 3, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	36 min
Apr 3, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	23 min
Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	36 min
Apr 3, 7:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	28 min
Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	3 days
Apr 3, 8:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	3 days
Apr 3, 8:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	3 days
Apr 3, 8:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	4 days
Apr 3, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	5 days
Apr 3, 8:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
Apr 3, 9:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	38 min
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	42 min
Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	31 min
Apr 3, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	21 min
Apr 3, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	48 hr
Apr 3, 9:01 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	24 hr
Apr 3, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	49 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	45 min
Apr 3, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	24 min
Apr 3, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	23 min
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	32 min
Apr 3, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	21 min
Apr 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	32 min
Apr 3, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	25 min
Apr 3, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	29 min
Apr 3, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	33 min
Apr 3, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	35 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.