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River Flood Warning 122, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Aug 10, 2008, 8:07 AM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Aug 10, 2008, 7:32 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2008, 8:07 AM CDT (13:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 10, 2008, 7:32 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2008, 7:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- 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 13:08 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 28.38 ft at Aug 11, 2008, 3:00 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 Aug 10, 6:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 505 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111000- 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- 505 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING WITH IT. SOME OF THE RAIN IS HEAVY AND SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY SEEN AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THUS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE MORNING HOURS. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WITH A STATIONARY FRONT TO ITS EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND A COLD FRONT TO ITS SOUTHWEST. VERY LITTLE RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT. WITH THE FRONT IN THE VICINITY AND EXPECTED DAYTIME HEATING THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BE PRIMED FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. ONE OF THE BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 6:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 8:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 54 min |
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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.