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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 1, 2025Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2025, 7:36 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 1, 2025, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 977 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 1, 6:40 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:40 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
506 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021030-
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-
506 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Late Afternoon and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...South of Interstate 40.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...South of Interstate 40.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Showers and scattered thunderstorms mainly south of Interstate 40
will remain forecast through this evening while an elevated
frontal boundary sags southward through the region. Gusty wind
potential along with a heavy rain threat which could increase
flash flood potentials will exist with the stronger storms. A
limited potential remains for a strong storm or two, however
severe weather is not currently anticipated through this evening.
An additional slight chance of showers and storms remains across
mainly southeast Oklahoma overnight tonight into Saturday morning.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.
SATURDAY...No Hazards.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.
TUESDAY...No Hazards.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...Dangerous Heat Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and storms will return late Sunday into early
Monday, with locally heavy rainfall possible. Hot weather will
return during the second half of next week, with heat index
values back over the century mark.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
621 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

OKZ053-012345-
Choctaw OK-
621 PM CDT Fri Aug 1 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM CDT...

At 620 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 5 miles
southeast of Bennington, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up 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...
Soper...                          Boswell...
Unger...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 9584 3391 9588 3392 9591 3395 9594
      3412 9594 3413 9595 3416 9591 3416 9575
      3408 9570 3391 9565 3391 9567 3388 9570
      3390 9575 3389 9576 3387 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 266DEG 11KT 3395 9597

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:27 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:36 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw33 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw35 min
Aug 2, 3:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore5 hr
Aug 2, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALeFlore3 hr
Aug 2, 4:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, LeFlore3 hr
Aug 2, 5:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer3 hr

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