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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 2, 20134 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this freeze watch at May 2, 2013, 3:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 4, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2013, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 3, 2013, 3:51 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 freeze 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 freeze watch went out at May 1, 11:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 11:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee25 min
May 1, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage32 min
May 1, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee30 min
May 1, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage28 min
May 2, 3:58 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryTSADelaware, Ottawa17 hr
May 2, 4:03 PM CDTFreeze WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more15 hr

Nearby

Freeze Watches in Arkansas, 2013Every freeze 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.