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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 201322 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this freeze warning at Mar 24, 2013, 5:16 PM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Mar 25, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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: Mar 24, 2013, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

All 26 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 24, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 4:57 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 12:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 12:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013 Freeze Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Every freeze 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.