Short Term Forecast Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK
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FPUS74 KTSA 211949
NOWTSA
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
249 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-212130-
BENTON-CARROLL-WASHINGTON AR-MADISON-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-SEBASTIAN-
PUSHMATAHA-CHOCTAW-OSAGE-WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA-CRAIG-OTTAWA-PAWNEE-
TULSA-ROGERS-MAYES-DELAWARE-CREEK-OKFUSKEE-OKMULGEE-WAGONER-
CHEROKEE-ADAIR-MUSKOGEE-MCINTOSH-SEQUOYAH-PITTSBURG-HASKELL-
LATIMER-LE FLORE-
249 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013
.NOW...
AT 2:45 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LINE OF STRONGER STORMS WAS APPROACHING
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD BEEN FALLING
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AROUND 4 INCHES IN SOME
LOCATIONS...LEADING TO FLOODING OF CREEKS AND ROADWAYS UNDER WATER.
PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST... AT 30 MPH.
THROUGH 4:30 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO AN INCH PER
HOUR...ALONG WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL. MOST AFFECTED
WILL BE LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I 40 AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 69.
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