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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 18, 20136 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 4:28 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 14 hr. 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 18, 2013, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Creek County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 18, 4:18 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 4:18 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 8:37 PM CDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
837 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-181000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
837 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013

...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY OVERNIGHT WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY
   RAINFALL...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
        ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...OVERNIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...OVERNIGHT.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.  STORMS WILL SPREAD INTO
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE
TONIGHT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...
ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS STRONG WIND
FIELDS REMAIN OVERNIGHT.

ADDITIONALLY...SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA MAY
SEE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...POTENTIALLY LEADING TO LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO HAZARDS.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE SEVERE STORM RISK... AND OVERALL RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE
THURSDAY AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO ACCELERATE AND MOVE FARTHER EAST.
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION BEHIND THE
FRONT... WITH MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND LOW LYING VALLEY LOCATIONS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WILL BE AT RISK FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN
SATURDAY MORNING. STORM CHANCES WILL RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
ANOTHER STRONG FRONT APPROACHES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
THOSE WITH HORTICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR TEMPERATURE
FORECASTS FOR FREEZE POTENTIAL FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 1:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
122 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0110 AM     TORNADO          SPAVINAW                36.39N 95.05W
04/18/2013                   MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN
            SPAVINAW...NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME.

&&

SFP
Local storm report, Apr 18, 2:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
241 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0239 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BIXBY                   35.94N 95.88W
04/18/2013                   TULSA              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODING REPORTED NEAR 111TH STREET SOUTH AND MINGO

&&

MAT
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 2:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
246 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

OKZ060-062-065>068-070-071-180830-
CHEROKEE OK-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE
OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
246 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE...MUSKOGEE AND SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHERN MCINTOSH

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHERN MAYES...EASTERN OKMULGEE...SOUTHEASTERN TULSA AND
     WAGONER

AT 246 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF HECTORVILLE TO MORRIS TO
BRYANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3559 9600 3586 9600 3620 9511 3587 9513
      3539 9537 3528 9613 3529 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 243DEG 47KT 3588 9579 3563 9579
          3541 9597
Local storm report, Apr 18, 3:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware53 min
Apr 17, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware33 min
Apr 17, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee43 min
Apr 17, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Osage, Washington52 min
Apr 17, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa51 min
Apr 17, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington55 min
Apr 17, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata44 min
Apr 17, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa60 min
Apr 17, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee33 min
Apr 17, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner31 min
Apr 17, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner52 min
Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more4 hr
Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner28 min
Apr 18, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more67 min
Apr 18, 12:46 AM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes29 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa and 2 more4 hr
Apr 18, 1:16 AM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa44 min
Apr 18, 1:53 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware37 min
Apr 18, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware56 min
Apr 18, 2:39 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware51 min
Apr 18, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner44 min
Apr 18, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner64 min
Apr 18, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa4 hr
Apr 18, 4:55 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner14 hr
Apr 18, 7:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware12 hr
Apr 18, 8:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware8 hr
Apr 18, 8:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee4 days
Apr 18, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee48 hr
Apr 18, 11:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair30 hr
Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDTFreeze WarningTSACraig, Creek, Nowata, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more17 hr
Apr 18, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington30 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013Every areal flood warning in 2013

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.