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Flood Watch 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 3, 202422 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flood watch at May 3, 2024, 1:50 PM CDT for 22 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at May 4, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2024, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2024, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 5, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

All 26 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek 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, 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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 May 3, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 1:12 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 8:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 8:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 8:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 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, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	29 min
May 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
May 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	3 hr
May 2, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	25 min
May 2, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	53 min
May 2, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	44 min
May 2, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	47 min
May 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	45 min
May 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	49 min
May 2, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	33 min
May 3, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	30 min
May 3, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Sequoyah	26 min
May 3, 12:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	4 hr
May 3, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	48 min
May 3, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	24 min
May 3, 12:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	3 hr
May 3, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 1 more	3 hr
May 3, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	39 min
May 3, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	36 min
May 3, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	25 min
May 3, 1:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	48 min
May 3, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	39 min
May 3, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	33 min
May 3, 1:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 3, 2:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 3, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	30 min
May 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	26 min
May 3, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	44 min
May 3, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	44 min
May 3, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore, Pushmataha	50 min
May 3, 3:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	48 min
May 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 3, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	44 min
May 3, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	45 min
May 3, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sebastian	48 min
May 3, 11:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Franklin, Johnson, Logan	27 hr
May 3, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	21 hr

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.