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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 500, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 18, 2025McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2025, 7:22 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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: Oct 18, 2025, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Oct 18, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 7:07 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 18, 7:08 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 18, 7:12 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 18, 7:13 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	38 min
Oct 18, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	30 min
Oct 18, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	26 min
Oct 18, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	54 min
Oct 18, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee	53 min
Oct 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	47 min
Oct 18, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.