Short Term Forecast
Issued by NWS Tulsa, OK

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SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
129 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211930-
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-
129 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.NOW...

AT 1:29 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A LINE OF STRONGER STORMS WAS APPROACHING
EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM THE WEST...AND WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN
PORTIONS OF OKFUSKEE...MCINTOSH...PITTSBURG COUNTIES. VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS ALSO FALLEN OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... AROUND 4
INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS...LEADING TO FLOODING OF CREEKS AND
ROADWAYS UNDER WATER. ALL THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST...AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THROUGH 2:45 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP...AND SPREAD EAST 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.
SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS WE HEAD INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVE
INTO THE AREA FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

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