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Areal Flood Advisory 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 28, 20258 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 28, 2025, 5:03 AM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2025, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2025, 5:56 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, AR, Adair County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Aug 28, 12:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 12:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 5:01 PM CDT, 12 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 28, 5:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 2 more	5 hr
Aug 28, 6:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair	4 hr
Aug 28, 7:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	33 min
Aug 28, 7:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Nowata, Washington	3 hr
Aug 28, 8:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	4 hr
Aug 28, 8:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Mayes	3 hr
Aug 28, 10:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 2 more	6 hr
Aug 28, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	3 hr
Aug 28, 11:03 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	10 hr
Aug 28, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	30 min
Aug 28, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	37 min
Aug 28, 7:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	4 hr
Aug 28, 7:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Washington	3 hr
Aug 28, 10:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian	3 hr
Aug 28, 11:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	6 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.