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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 16, 202220 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this freeze warning at Oct 16, 2022, 2:08 PM CDT for 20 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2022, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
Oct 16, 2022, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2022, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
All 24 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee 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, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 16, 1:49 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 1:49 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah30 min
Oct 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah29 min
Oct 15, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah47 min
Oct 15, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
Oct 15, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee45 min
Oct 15, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah61 min
Oct 15, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair57 min
Oct 15, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah62 min
Oct 15, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah30 min
Oct 15, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa31 min
Oct 16, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg40 min
Oct 16, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee30 min
Oct 16, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee35 min
Oct 16, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Sequoyah37 min
Oct 16, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah47 min
Oct 16, 3:58 AM CDTFreeze WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more24 hr
Oct 15, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian23 min
Oct 15, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian27 min
Oct 15, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian32 min
Oct 15, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian26 min
Oct 15, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford31 min
Oct 16, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford, Franklin31 min
Oct 16, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford34 min
Oct 16, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMadison33 min
Oct 16, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACrawford36 min
Oct 16, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington27 min
Oct 16, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington31 min
Oct 16, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin30 min
Oct 16, 2:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin3 hr
Oct 16, 2:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAFranklin36 min
Oct 16, 3:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian3 hr
Oct 16, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAFranklin3 hr
Oct 16, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASebastian39 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oklahoma, 2022Freeze Warnings in Arkansas, 2022Every freeze warning in 2022

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.