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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2025Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2025, 2:49 AM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2025, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2025, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 30, 2:06 AM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:06 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
515 PM CDT Sat Mar 29 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-301000-
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-
515 PM CDT Sat Mar 29 2025

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL INCREASES TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.
TORNADO.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...After 9 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...Significant.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
	ONSET...After 9 PM.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...Northeast Oklahoma.

FLASH FLOOD.
    RISK...Limited.
    AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
    ONSET...After 10 PM.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Northeast Oklahoma.
	ONSET...After 10 PM.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas
	ONSET...Ongoing...tapering off this evening.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...West of Highway 75.
	ONSET...Ongoing...tapering off this evening.

DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorms are expected to develop to the west of the region
this evening, and then progress into northeast Oklahoma late this
evening and overnight while transitioning into organized clusters
or lines posing a high severe risk. Locally damaging winds will
be the primary threat through the event, with a limited tornado
threat both with the initial storms and with any organized bowing
line segments. Large hail may also accompany the initial more
cellular storms. Additional storms may spread into southeast
Oklahoma overnight, however uncertainty remains high in the
overall coverage and duration of storms across this region. Should
storms develop and persist then they will also pose a risk of
severe weather. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur with the
stronger storms, which may result in localized flooding concerns.

Gusty south winds and lower humidity west of highway 75 will raise
fire weather concerns into early this evening.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
SUNDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential.
MONDAY...No Hazards.
TUESDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Very High Fire Weather Potential...
          High Wind Potential.
WEDNESDAY...Severe Thunderstorm Potential...High Wind Potential.
THURSDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
FRIDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
There is a limited risk of severe weather Sunday afternoon along
and ahead of an advancing cold front. The risk will be greatest
from far southeast Oklahoma into west central Arkansas. Large
hail and damaging winds are the primary threats. The threats will
shift south and east of the region by evening.

Winds increase on Tuesday with a window for higher grassland fire
spread rates Tuesday afternoon. This will be in advance of the next
cold front which passes Tuesday night into Wednesday. A line of
thunderstorms with a risk of severe weather is expected to accompany
the passing cold front. The front is likely to stall near the Red
River by early Thursday and focus additional showers and thunderstorms
Thursday into Friday as it lifts north as a warm front. Locally
heavy rainfall is possible during this time frame with details in
location and amounts to be refined in later forecasts.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:13 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:13 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:17 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:28 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:49 AM CDT, 0 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
Mar 29, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	41 min
Mar 29, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	28 min
Mar 29, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	38 min
Mar 29, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	51 min
Mar 29, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	31 min
Mar 30, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more	41 min
Mar 30, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	27 min
Mar 30, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	33 min
Mar 30, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	40 min
Mar 30, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	34 min
Mar 30, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	47 min
Mar 30, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pushmataha	35 min
Mar 30, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	49 min
Mar 30, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	40 min
Mar 30, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 3 more	36 min
Mar 30, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	30 min
Mar 30, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	24 min
Mar 30, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	51 min
Mar 30, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	32 min
Mar 30, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	47 min
Mar 30, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
Mar 30, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	42 min
Mar 30, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	46 min
Mar 30, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	52 min
Mar 30, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	47 min
Mar 30, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	47 min
Mar 30, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	43 min
Mar 30, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	49 min
Mar 30, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	36 min
Mar 30, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	43 min
Mar 30, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	61 min
Mar 30, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	17 min
Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	13 min
Mar 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	18 min
Mar 30, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	21 min

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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.