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Areal Flood Advisory 159, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 17, 20214 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood advisory at Dec 17, 2021, 12:18 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2021, 12:18 PM CST (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2021, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Dec 17, 11:36 AM CST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 11:36 AM CST, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 7:50 AM CST, 4 hours 28 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
Dec 17, 7:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	2 hr
Dec 17, 8:11 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	11 hr
Dec 17, 8:13 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	5 hr
Dec 17, 1:09 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	35 hr
Dec 17, 1:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	57 hr
Dec 17, 3:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	43 min
Dec 17, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	45 min
Dec 17, 5:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
Dec 17, 2:54 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll	58 min
Dec 17, 3:52 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	5 hr
Dec 17, 4:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	4 hr

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.