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Excessive Heat Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 4, 20239 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 4, 2023, 2:29 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 5, 2023, 11:00 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: Aug 4, 2023, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 5, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 5, 2023, 6:42 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 4, 2:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 11:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 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
Aug 4, 3:08 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	31 hr
Aug 4, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	37 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023 Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2023 Every excessive heat warning in 2023

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.