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At 1:30 PM Tulsa County was added to the flood advisory area. This advisory begins at 7PM CT and will continue until Thursday morning. Heavy rain in the Tulsa area is possible this afternoon into this evening and may cause some flooding.
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UPDATED NWS STATEMENT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1246 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-241000-
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-
1245 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...ENTIRE AREA.
ONSET...EARLY AFTERNOON.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...ENTIRE AREA.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...ENTIRE AREA.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL INTERACT WITH A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS... WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO LIKELY... PRODUCING A
DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED
HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

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I'm not sure if I'm going to track storms today/tonight, it'll depend on whether they get into our area early enough. I'll know more later today. At any rate, I'll test using the forum as a way to get information from the field to everyone.

CURRENT STATUS: STAND BY

As of this morning, this is what the NWS was saying:

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

More later.