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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 8, 200822 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at Jun 8, 2008, 3:54 AM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2008, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 9, 2008, 7:33 PM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDT, 11 hours 18 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
Jun 8, 10:28 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Craig, Creek, Nowata, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more	5 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2008 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2008 Every flash flood watch in 2008

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.