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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
458 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
457 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013


THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...CRITICAL.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET..ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A LINE OF STRONG STORMS HAS WORKED ITS WAY ENTIRELY OUT OF THE
AREA... WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTAINING EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUING BEHIND IT. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY END FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. UNTIL THEN... MODERATE RAIN
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA WILL ADD TO ALREADY
HIGH TOTAL AMOUNTS. AREAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING AS RUNOFF PERSISTS. A LIMITED THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED SEVERE
STORM WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
UNTIL THE UPPER SYSTEM FINALLY MOVES PAST THE AREA.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA LATER THIS
WEEK AND WILL THEN REMAIN IN THE VICINITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY
THROUGH MONDAY AS A RESULT.


WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
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