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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 17, 2008Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at Mar 17, 2008, 1:37 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2008, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2008, 1:37 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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 river 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 river flood watch went out at Mar 17, 11:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 11:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 1:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 17, 9:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
944 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1151 PM     HAIL             BENTONVILLE             36.37N 94.21W
03/14/2008  E1.00 INCH       BENTON             AR   PUBLIC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 11:07 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	44 hr
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	24 hr
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Sequoyah	24 hr
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Choctaw	24 hr
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	24 hr
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	24 hr
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Pushmataha	24 hr
Mar 17, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	24 min
Mar 17, 1:37 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.