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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 18, 2025Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2025, 10:13 AM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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: May 18, 2025, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2025, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 40

County Benton County, AR

The radar

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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 May 18, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 8:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 8:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 9:17 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 9:21 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 9:44 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 10:13 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
May 17, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	38 min
May 17, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
May 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	49 min
May 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	33 min
May 17, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	42 min
May 17, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	32 min
May 17, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	29 min
May 17, 8:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	4 hr
May 17, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg, Pushmataha	50 min
May 17, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Atoka	15 min
May 17, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	16 min
May 17, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	37 min
May 17, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	19 min
May 17, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	19 min
May 17, 10:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	2 hr
May 17, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	35 min
May 17, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	41 min
May 17, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	23 min
May 17, 11:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	42 min
May 17, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	49 min
May 17, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	56 min
May 17, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	54 min
May 17, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	15 min
May 17, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	37 min
May 17, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	37 min
May 18, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	45 min
May 18, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	42 min
May 18, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	67 min
May 18, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	63 min
May 18, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	66 min
May 18, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	44 min
May 18, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	47 min
May 18, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	57 min
May 18, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	40 min
May 18, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	51 min
May 18, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	48 min
May 18, 3:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	42 min
May 18, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 1 more	62 min
May 18, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	26 min
May 18, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	31 min
May 18, 4:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	26 min
May 18, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, LeFlore, Sequoyah	49 min
May 18, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	35 min
May 18, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	33 min
May 18, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	32 min
May 18, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	30 min
May 18, 6:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	27 min
May 18, 7:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	3 hr
May 18, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	25 min
May 18, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	35 min
May 18, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	34 min
May 18, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	26 min
May 18, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	23 min
May 18, 9:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	24 min
May 18, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	27 min
May 18, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	24 min
May 18, 11:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	34 min
May 18, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	35 min
May 18, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	32 min
May 18, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	23 min
May 18, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	29 min
May 18, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	24 min
May 18, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	50 min
May 18, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	32 min
May 18, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	30 min
May 18, 12:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Washington	42 min
May 18, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	46 min
May 18, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	41 min
May 18, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	39 min
May 18, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	39 min
May 18, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
May 18, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	40 min
May 18, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	44 min
May 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	16 min
May 18, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	50 min
May 18, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers	41 min
May 18, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	39 min
May 18, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	65 min
May 18, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	46 min
May 18, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	55 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.