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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 7, 2023Franklin County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2023, 7:16 AM CDT for Franklin County, Arkansas. It was in force for 21 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: Aug 7, 2023, 7:16 AM CDT (12:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2023, 7:37 AM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Franklin County, AR

The radar

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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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 7, 6:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:40 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:11 AM CDT, 5 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 7, 2:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	52 min
Aug 7, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	51 min
Aug 7, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	48 min
Aug 7, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Tulsa, Wagoner	46 min
Aug 7, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
Aug 7, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	24 min
Aug 7, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	45 min
Aug 7, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	51 min
Aug 7, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	49 min
Aug 7, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	40 min
Aug 7, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	40 min
Aug 7, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	39 min
Aug 7, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	42 min
Aug 7, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	50 min
Aug 7, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	48 min
Aug 7, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	47 min
Aug 7, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	47 min
Aug 7, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	49 min
Aug 7, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	33 min
Aug 7, 6:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Muskogee	3 hr
Aug 7, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	35 min
Aug 7, 3:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	49 min
Aug 7, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	45 min
Aug 7, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Franklin	17 min
Aug 7, 5:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	32 min
Aug 7, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	44 min
Aug 7, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	24 min
Aug 7, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	34 min

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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.