000
FPUS74 KTSA 210550
NOWTSA

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1250 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-210700-
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-
1250 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

.NOW...
AT 12:50 AM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO WEST-
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. SCATTERED WEAKENING SHOWERS WERE ALSO INDICATED
OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
ARKANSAS. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 40 MPH.

THROUGH 2 AM...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO AFFECT LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO WEST-
CENTRAL ARKANSAS...PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OKEMAH OKLAHOMA
TO VESTA ARKANSAS LINE. THE STRONGER STORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL ALSO REMAIN POSSIBLE FOR FAR NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS...WHERE LIGHT TO
BRIEFLY MODERATE SHOWERS WILL BE COMMON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNTIL 7 AM
CDT TUESDAY MORNING.

$$