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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 201919 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at May 19, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 20, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2019, 3:27 PM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

All 23 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at May 19, 11:48 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 11:48 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:47 AM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 8:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 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 18, 8:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	19 days
May 18, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	34 min
May 18, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	43 min
May 18, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	34 min
May 18, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	37 min
May 18, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	27 min
May 18, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Washington	51 min
May 18, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	46 min
May 19, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	43 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.