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Flood Watch 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

February 19, 201813 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at Feb 19, 2018, 2:59 PM CST for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2018, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 21, 2018, 5:42 AM CST
In force: 24 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, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 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 flood watch went out at Feb 19, 2:45 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 2:45 PM CST, 14 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
Feb 19, 4:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	36 min
Feb 19, 4:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	26 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2018 Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2018 Every flood watch in 2018

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.