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Excessive Heat Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 16, 2020, 1:40 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 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
- Aug 16, 2020, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 16, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 22 min |
| Aug 15, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 11 min |
| Aug 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 10 min |
| Aug 15, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 3:24 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 16 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 33 min |
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.