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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2025, 10:10 PM CDT for Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 12, 2025, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Benton County, AR, Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
382
WWUS84 KTSA 130310
SPSTSA
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1010 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025
ARZ001-OKZ063-130400-
Benton AR-Delaware OK-
1010 PM CDT Sat Jul 12 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BENTON AND CENTRAL
DELAWARE COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...
At 1010 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a
line extending from 3 miles north of Northwest Arkansas Regional
Airport to 5 miles northwest of Colcord. Movement was north at 25
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...
Gentry... Maysville...
Jay... Dodge...
Northwest Arkansas Regional Air...Honey Creek State Park...
Highfill... Lake Eucha State Park...
Grove... Vaughn...
Gravette... Cayuga...
Decatur... Colcord...
Bentonville... Hiwasse...
Springtown... Zena...
Miller... Bella Vista...
This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 88 and 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9462 3650 9412 3627 9422 3623 9487
3665 9488 3666 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 188DEG 20KT 3633 9430 3630 9478
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 30 min |
| Jul 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pushmataha | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 28 min |
| Jul 12, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 5:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Polk | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 8:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 3 hr |
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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.