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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 26, 200911 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this winter storm watch at Mar 26, 2009, 3:49 AM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2009, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 27, 2009, 3:50 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 26 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 26, 3:38 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:38 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 9:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 6 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
Mar 26, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	50 min
Mar 26, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	48 min
Mar 26, 1:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	19 min
Mar 26, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	38 min
Mar 26, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner	34 min
Mar 26, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	44 min
Mar 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	43 min
Mar 26, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	45 min
Mar 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	30 min
Mar 26, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
Mar 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	31 min
Mar 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	33 min
Mar 26, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	38 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Oklahoma, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in Arkansas, 2009 Every winter storm watch in 2009

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.