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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 12, 2025Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2025-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1422 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2025-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee27 min
Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer30 min
Jul 12, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee24 min
Jul 12, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha36 min
Jul 12, 7:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee3 hr
Jul 12, 8:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha3 hr
Jul 12, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah23 min
Jul 12, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pushmataha32 min
Jul 12, 8:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner3 hr
Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair28 min
Jul 12, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha3 hr
Jul 12, 9:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha2 hr
Jul 12, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware34 min
Jul 12, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore31 min
Jul 13, 5:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha3 hr
Jul 13, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha3 hr
Jul 13, 6:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Pushmataha4 hr
Jul 13, 8:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha3 hr
Jul 12, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian24 min
Jul 12, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPolk23 min
Jul 12, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian27 min
Jul 12, 8:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Sebastian3 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.