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Areal Flood Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 20, 20179 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood warning at May 20, 2017, 8:55 AM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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 20, 2017, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 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 20, 8:24 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 8:24 AM CDT, 31 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
May 19, 7:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	7 hr
May 19, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	29 min
May 19, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	23 min
May 19, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	50 min
May 19, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	6 hr
May 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	61 min
May 19, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	47 min
May 19, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	35 hr
May 19, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	56 hr
May 19, 9:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	6 hr
May 19, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	57 min
May 19, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	51 min
May 19, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	50 min
May 19, 9:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	5 days
May 19, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	39 min
May 19, 9:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Sequoyah	6 hr
May 19, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	32 min
May 19, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	36 min
May 19, 11:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	6 hr
May 19, 11:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah	6 hr
May 19, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 20, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	43 min
May 20, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	58 min
May 20, 1:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 5 more	18 hr
May 20, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	55 min
May 20, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	57 min
May 20, 3:09 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	36 hr
May 20, 4:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	54 hr
May 20, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	4 hr
May 20, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	46 hr
May 20, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	45 hr
May 20, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	17 hr
May 20, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	16 hr
May 20, 9:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	37 hr
May 20, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	19 hr
May 20, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	18 hr
May 20, 2:39 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	12 hr
May 19, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	56 min
May 19, 11:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	24 min
May 19, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	28 min
May 20, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	36 min
May 20, 4:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	36 hr
May 20, 4:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	36 hr
May 20, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	3 days
May 20, 10:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	3 days

Nearby

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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.