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Areal Flood Advisory 37, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 6, 2021Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 6, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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 Jun 6, 2:33 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:33 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 12:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1241 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-071000-
Adair OK-Benton AR-Carroll AR-Cherokee OK-Choctaw OK-Craig OK-
Crawford AR-Creek OK-Delaware OK-Franklin AR-Haskell OK-Latimer OK-
Le Flore OK-Madison AR-Mayes OK-McIntosh OK-Muskogee OK-Nowata OK-
Okfuskee OK-Okmulgee OK-Osage OK-Ottawa OK-Pawnee OK-Pittsburg OK-
Pushmataha OK-Rogers OK-Sebastian AR-Sequoyah OK-Tulsa OK-Wagoner OK-
Washington OK-Washington AR-
1241 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

This Outlook is for Northwest and West Central Arkansas as well as
much of Eastern Oklahoma.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
	RISK...Elevated.
	AREA...Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...Limited.
	AREA...Mainly Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas.
	ONSET...Ongoing.

DISCUSSION...
Showers and scattered thunderstorms will persist this afternoon and
into tonight, with the greatest coverage expected across western
Arkansas and far eastern Oklahoma. Slower movement of storms will
produce locally heavy rainfall which may result in minor flooding.
Severe weather through tonight is unlikely.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
Local Spotter Activation May Be Needed.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
MONDAY...Thunderstorm Potential...Heavy Rain Potential.
TUESDAY through SATURDAY...Thunderstorm Potential.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
Thunderstorm chances will continue into next week, with greatest
coverage across western Arkansas and far eastern Oklahoma. Areas
of heavy rainfall will be possible with slow moving storms, with
the greatest potential for heavy rain being across western
Arkansas and far southeast Oklahoma Monday. A few strong storms may
occur but the threat of organized severe weather will remain low.
The overall coverage of storms should decrease later in the week.

weather.gov/tulsa contains additional information.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
150 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0132 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 ESE WHITESBORO        34.69N 94.86W
06/06/2021                   LE FLORE           OK   PUBLIC

            STREET AND ROAD FLOODING. VEHICLES STRANDED.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha3 hr
Jun 5, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha25 min
Jun 5, 10:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha3 hr
Jun 6, 11:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPushmataha4 hr
Jun 6, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner30 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin35 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSABenton, Washington3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2021Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.