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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 4, 2025Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 4, 2025, 3:13 AM CST for Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2025, 3:13 AM CST (09:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2025, 4:00 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -433 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 534 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 486 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 3, 10:51 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 10:51 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 5:22 PM CST, 9 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 4, 12:41 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 4, 2:25 AM CST, 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
225 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

OKZ054>056-060-061-064-067-040915-
Tulsa OK-Osage OK-Rogers OK-Nowata OK-Washington OK-Creek OK-
Wagoner OK-
225 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ROGERS...EASTERN OSAGE...
NORTHEASTERN CREEK...WASHINGTON...NOWATA...WESTERN WAGONER AND TULSA
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM CST...

At 224 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 2 miles east of Bigheart to 4 miles north of
Cushing. Movement was east at 50 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...
Barnsdall...                      Sand Springs...
Wann...                           Sapulpa...
Inola...                          Collinsville...
Jenks Riverside Airport...        Osage Hills State Park...
Mounds...                         Stonebluff...
Vera...                           Nelagoney...
Leonard...                        Wolco...
Owasso...                         Delaware...
Ochelata...                       Sunset Lake...
Tulsa...                          Bartlesville...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 203 and 255.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3582 9549 3583 9564 3586 9565 3585 9591
      3588 9624 3693 9625 3700 9558 3700 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 254DEG 44KT 3686 9617 3605 9673

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

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 3:13 AM CST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
313 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

OKZ054>057-060-061-041000-
Tulsa OK-Craig OK-Osage OK-Rogers OK-Nowata OK-Washington OK-
313 AM CST Tue Mar 4 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CRAIG...NORTHWESTERN
ROGERS...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...WASHINGTON...NOWATA AND NORTHERN TULSA
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM CST...

At 312 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 4 miles south of Dearing to 2 miles northeast of
Keystone State Park. Movement was east at 35 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...
Wann...                           Dewey...
Collinsville...                   Sperry...
Skiatook...                       Watova...
Ramona...                         Vera...
Talala...                         Wolco...
Owasso...                         Lenapah...
South Coffeyville...              Delaware...
Ochelata...                       Turley...
Tulsa International Airport...    Nowata...
Bartlesville...                   Oologah...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 231 and 234.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 9579 3616 9630 3617 9627 3620 9624
      3622 9625 3623 9628 3700 9587 3700 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0912Z 267DEG 29KT 3699 9573 3616 9624

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 4, 12:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	49 min
Mar 4, 2:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	50 min
Mar 4, 3:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Tulsa	46 min
Mar 4, 3:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Rogers	54 min
Mar 4, 4:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	58 min
Mar 4, 5:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	41 min
Mar 4, 5:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	51 min
Mar 4, 5:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	40 min
Mar 4, 5:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	47 min
Mar 4, 6:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	36 min
Mar 4, 6:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	46 min
Mar 4, 6:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	5 hr
Mar 4, 6:22 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	38 min
Mar 4, 6:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more	50 min
Mar 4, 6:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	45 min
Mar 4, 6:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	36 min
Mar 4, 6:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	49 min
Mar 4, 6:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	34 min
Mar 4, 6:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	45 min
Mar 4, 7:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more	51 min
Mar 4, 7:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	44 min
Mar 4, 7:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
Mar 4, 9:01 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
Mar 4, 3:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	34 min
Mar 4, 3:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	24 min
Mar 4, 3:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	52 min
Mar 4, 3:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	33 min
Mar 4, 4:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	63 min
Mar 4, 4:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Ottawa	32 min
Mar 4, 4:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	58 min
Mar 4, 8:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	61 min
Mar 4, 8:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton, Washington	43 min
Mar 4, 9:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	46 min
Mar 4, 9:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	45 min
Mar 4, 9:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	46 min
Mar 4, 4:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	62 min
Mar 4, 5:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	64 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.