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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 28, 2026Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2026, 12:10 PM CDT for Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2026, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 8, 8:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	243 days
Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 28, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:34 AM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:41 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 11:46 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:08 PM CDT, 2 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
Apr 28, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	34 min
Apr 28, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	32 min
Apr 28, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	39 min
Apr 28, 9:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	38 min
Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	30 min
Apr 28, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	42 min
Apr 28, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	24 min
Apr 28, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	37 min
Apr 28, 11:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	36 min
Apr 28, 11:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	34 min
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	24 min
Apr 28, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	34 min
Apr 28, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	45 min
Apr 28, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	37 min
Apr 28, 12:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	30 min
Apr 28, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	10 min
Apr 28, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	37 min
Apr 28, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	37 min
Apr 28, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	17 min
Apr 28, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	31 min
Apr 28, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	26 min
Apr 28, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	23 min
Apr 28, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	14 min
Apr 28, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	28 min
Apr 28, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	39 min
Apr 28, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	36 min
Apr 28, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	24 min
Apr 28, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	31 min
Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	28 min
Apr 28, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	33 min
Apr 28, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	26 min
Apr 28, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	27 min
Apr 28, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
Apr 28, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	32 min
Apr 28, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
Apr 28, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	39 min
Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	36 min
Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	36 min
Apr 28, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	32 min
Apr 28, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	28 min
Apr 28, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	25 min
Apr 28, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	52 min
Apr 28, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	30 min
Apr 28, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	38 min
Apr 28, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	50 min
Apr 28, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	49 min
Apr 28, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	48 min
Apr 28, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	45 min
Apr 28, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	41 min
Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	51 min
Apr 28, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	47 min
Apr 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	45 min
Apr 28, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore	44 min
Apr 28, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	28 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	45 min
Apr 28, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	28 min
Apr 28, 10:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Benton, Washington	49 min
Apr 28, 10:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	27 min
Apr 28, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	39 min
Apr 28, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	20 min
Apr 28, 11:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Carroll, Madison	52 min
Apr 28, 11:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	34 min
Apr 28, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Carroll	23 min
Apr 28, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	41 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	30 min
Apr 28, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	38 min
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	15 min
Apr 28, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Franklin, Madison	18 min
Apr 28, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	37 min
Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	15 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.