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Areal Flood Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 20, 201711 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood warning at May 20, 2017, 7:42 PM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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, 6:55 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:55 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 2:16 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAMuskogee20 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.