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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 2, 2022Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2022, 9:45 PM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2022, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2022, 10:02 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 2, 8:59 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:21 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:45 PM CDT, 0 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 3, 1:50 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	53 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, 9:48 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

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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.