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Areal Flood Advisory 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 3, 2012LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; 6 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 3, 2012, 9:17 PM CST for LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2012, 9:17 PM CST (03:17 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2012, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Feb 3, 5:26 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 5:26 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:17 PM CST, 4 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 4:51 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 3, 5:20 PM CST, 3 hours 57 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
Feb 3, 7:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	61 min
Feb 3, 7:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	84 min
Feb 3, 8:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	66 min
Feb 3, 8:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha	60 min
Feb 3, 8:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	62 min
Feb 3, 9:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	25 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2012 Areal Flood Advisories in Oklahoma, 2012 Every areal flood advisory in 2012

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.