000
FPUS74 KTSA 192316
NOWTSA

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
616 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-200045-
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-
616 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.NOW...
AT 6:15 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OSAGE...EASTERN PAWNEE
AND NORTHERN CREEK COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING OVER FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

THROUGH 7:30 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE INCREASING IN
COVERAGE ACROSS AREAS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA...PRIMARILY WEST OF A
TALALA TO OKEMAH LINE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WITH ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE OVER FAR
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL PRIMARILY CONSIST OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS...
RESULTING IN AVERAGE RAINFALL OF ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR ACROSS THESE AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 11
PM CDT TONIGHT.

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