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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2013Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood warning at May 10, 2013, 12:28 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma; Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 12 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
May 10, 2013, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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 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 May 10, 11:50 AM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 11:50 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 4:50 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111000-
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-
450 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING THIS MORNING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY AHEAD OF A
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THE
THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO REDUCED AS CURRENTLY
FLOODED PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ARE
UNLIKELY TO SEE WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY...AS A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO
THE REGION. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A LIMITED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST
WITH THE STORMS LATE NEXT WEEK.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 8:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware4 hr
May 10, 12:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner4 hr
May 10, 2:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair65 min
May 10, 2:29 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware19 hr
May 10, 4:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware8 hr
May 10, 6:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair29 hr
May 10, 6:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee54 hr
May 9, 7:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Madison, Washington117 min
May 9, 8:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Carroll, Madison116 min
May 9, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSABenton, Carroll, Madison4 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013Areal Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 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.