Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 126, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Sep 12, 2008, 9:01 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Sep 13, 2008, 10:33 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2008, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2008, 10:33 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2008, 8:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Neosho River near Commerce (COMO2). The gauge peaked at 19.51 ft at Sep 16, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 24 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07185000, 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 Sep 12, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 6:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:03 PM CDT, 15 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121000-
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-
450 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008
...HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WINDS EXPECTED WITH PASSAGE OF IKE...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT DUE TO VERY MOIST TROPICAL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR RECEIVING ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL BEFORE MORNING.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE LATEST FORECAST BRINGS THE CENTER OF IKE INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA OR SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AS A TROPICAL STORM EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... WITH
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY. LOCAL AMOUNTS COULD
BE AROUND 10 INCHES OR MORE. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. GIVEN THE FORECAST
RAINFALL AMOUNTS... IN ADDITION TO A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING...
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS WILL LIKELY REACH MINOR TO MODERATE FLOOD
CONDITIONS.
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE
CENTER OF CIRCULATION APPROACHES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT FOR BRIEF
ISOLATED TORNADOES.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
ALL CONCERNED SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND TRACK
ADJUSTMENTS FOR IKE.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 11:21 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more | 44 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.