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Flash Flood Watch 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 19, 201310 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at Dec 19, 2013, 3:47 AM CST for 10 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2013, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 19, 3:03 AM CST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:03 AM CST, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 6:36 PM CST, 9 hours 11 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
Dec 19, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	TSA	Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee and 7 more	18 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2013 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2013 Every flash flood watch 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.