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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 29, 2020Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood watch at Aug 29, 2020, 3:14 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 2020, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 30, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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 Aug 29, 12:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 12:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 5:03 PM CDT, 10 hours 11 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
Aug 29, 3:35 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	16 hr
Aug 29, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	30 min
Aug 29, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	43 min
Aug 29, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	43 min
Aug 29, 8:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	43 min
Aug 29, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	48 min
Aug 29, 10:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	33 min
Aug 29, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	27 min
Aug 29, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll, Madison	51 min
Aug 29, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	41 min
Aug 29, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	35 min
Aug 29, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	31 min
Aug 29, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	27 min
Aug 29, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	38 min
Aug 29, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	46 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2020 Flash Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2020 Every flash flood watch in 2020

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.