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Flood Watch 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 202222 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at May 3, 2022, 1:50 PM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 4, 2022, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2022, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2022, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 5, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

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

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 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 flood watch went out at May 3, 11:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 11:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 11:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 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 2, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	37 min
May 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	31 min
May 2, 7:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	4 hr
May 2, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 1 more	43 min
May 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner, Washington	33 min
May 2, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more	49 min
May 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	31 min
May 2, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	48 min
May 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	8 min
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	10 min
May 2, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	31 min
May 2, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	41 min
May 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	3 hr
May 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	48 min
May 2, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah, Tulsa and 1 more	44 min
May 2, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	47 min
May 2, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	33 min
May 2, 10:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	114 min
May 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	50 min
May 2, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	46 min
May 2, 10:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 2, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	42 min
May 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	36 min
May 2, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	31 min
May 2, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha	38 min
May 3, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Sequoyah	5 hr
May 2, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	28 min
May 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	48 min
May 2, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	24 min
May 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	17 min
May 2, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	42 min
May 2, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	24 min
May 2, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll	49 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington	33 min
May 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison	38 min
May 2, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	49 min
May 2, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin, Sebastian	21 min
May 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	33 min
May 3, 4:54 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	9 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.