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Excessive Heat Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 31, 202319 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 31, 2023, 1:45 PM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 1, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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: Jul 31, 2023, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 1, 2023, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 1, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Jul 31, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 12:56 PM CDT, 49 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
Jul 30, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	49 min
Jul 30, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	46 min
Jul 31, 2:21 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	43 hr
Jul 30, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	47 min
Jul 30, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	17 min
Jul 30, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	51 min
Jul 30, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	44 min
Jul 31, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Carroll, Madison	50 min
Jul 31, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Washington	43 min
Jul 31, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Carroll	3 hr
Jul 31, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	53 min

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.