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Flood Watch 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 23, 202319 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at Sep 23, 2023, 3:17 AM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 23, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2023, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 24, 2023, 6:41 AM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

All 23 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig 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, 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 08:15 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 Sep 23, 3:04 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:04 AM CDT, 13 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
Sep 23, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	37 min
Sep 23, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	42 min
Sep 23, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	46 min
Sep 23, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
Sep 23, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	52 min
Sep 23, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	2 hr
Sep 23, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	43 min
Sep 23, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	38 min
Sep 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	30 min
Sep 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	27 min
Sep 23, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	32 min
Sep 23, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	49 min
Sep 23, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	36 min
Sep 23, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee, Tulsa	38 min
Sep 23, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	45 min
Sep 23, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	46 min
Sep 23, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	14 min
Sep 23, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
Sep 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	29 min
Sep 23, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	57 min
Sep 23, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	25 min
Sep 23, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Okmulgee	51 min
Sep 23, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa, Washington	49 min
Sep 23, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	33 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.