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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 15, 2008Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 16, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2008, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2008, 8:25 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: Minor

County Nowata County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Verdigris River near Lenapah (LEPO2). The gauge peaked at 29.87 ft at Jun 17, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07171000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 15, 12:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
859 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

OKZ068-069-072-151445-
ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-
859 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND CENTRAL SEQUOYAH

AT 859 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUNCH...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUNCH...SALLISAW...BRUSHY AND
MARBLE CITY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3550 9453 3539 9477 3567 9493 3576 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 339DEG 17KT 3563 9478

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
923 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

ARZ029-OKZ072-076-151515-
LE FLORE OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-
923 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     NORTHWESTERN SEBASTIAN

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     EASTERN SEQUOYAH

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHEASTERN LE FLORE

AT 923 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
NORTH OF MULDROW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...COTTONWOOD...MULDROW...
ROLAND...MOFFETT...ROCK ISLAND...POCOLA...SCULLYVILLE...BRADEN...
ARKOMA...MILL CREEK...FORT SMITH...HACKETT...JENSON...BONANZA...JENNY
LIND AND RYE HILL.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3512 9446 3550 9478 3561 9461 3544 9444
      3540 9443 3540 9442 3542 9442 3543 9442
      3526 9424
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 323DEG 31KT 3547 9462

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 12:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	26 hr
Jun 15, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	44 min
Jun 15, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	42 min
Jun 15, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	45 min
Jun 15, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	42 min
Jun 15, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	43 min
Jun 15, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	42 min
Jun 15, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	57 min
Jun 15, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
Jun 15, 7:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	39 min
Jun 15, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	38 min
Jun 15, 7:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	53 min
Jun 15, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	62 min
Jun 15, 7:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes	57 min
Jun 15, 7:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	53 min
Jun 15, 8:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	23 min
Jun 15, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	46 min
Jun 15, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	52 min
Jun 15, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	39 min
Jun 15, 12:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 9 more	28 hr
Jun 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	63 min
Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	67 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.