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River Flood Warning 127, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 13, 2008Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2008, 2:51 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Sep 15, 2008, 10:59 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2008, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 15, 2008, 10:59 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2008, 8:55 PM CDT
In force
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 19:52 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 Spring River near Quapaw (QUAO2). The gauge peaked at 17.54 ft at Sep 15, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07188000, 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 13, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1205 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-141000-
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-
1205 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

...HIGH WINDS...WIDESPREAD RAIN...AND FLOODING..EXPECTED LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT AS IKE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS EVENING.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
                                ARKANSAS.

DISCUSSION...
IKE MADE LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE TEXAS GULF COAST NEAR
GALVESTON....AND AS OF EARLY AFTERNOON WAS A MINIMAL HURRICANE
AROUND 100 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON. IKE WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TO A
TROPICAL STORM AS THE CENTER APPROACHES NORTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...IKE
WILL TURN MORE TO THE NORTHEAST...AND WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS OR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

IKES INCREASING FORWARD SPEED WILL ALLOW IT TO RETAIN ITS TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS INTO TOMORROW MORNING. THEREFORE...ITS EFFECTS
ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL BE FELT.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING STRONG AND
GUSTY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY LATE AFTERNOON.

40 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED.
THEREFORE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
ARE UNDER A HIGH WIND WARNING FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA NORTHWEST OF THE HIGH WIND
WARNING...INCLUDING MOST OF THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44.
SEE...OKCNPWTSA FOR DETAILS ON BOTH THE ADVISORY AND WARNING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO REMAIN
POSSIBLE FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. STRONG WINDS FROM IKE MAY
RESULT IN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADOES AS FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
WILL BE IN PLACE IN AREAS NEAR...AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION.

HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...
MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN AREAS NEAR...AND ALONG THE EXPECTED TRACK OF
IKE. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS EXPECTED ACROSS FAR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WILL LIKELY IN RESULT IN MAIN STEM
RIVER FLOODING AS WELL AS FLASH FLOODING.
SEE...OKCFFATSA... FOR DETAILS.

RESIDENTS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
...ESPECIALLY THOSE ACROSS FAR EASTERN AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...AND
THOSE NEAR A FLOOD PLAIN MUST REMAIN VERY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING
ISSUED.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
SUNDAY WILL BEGIN WITH BRISK WINDS...BUT WILL DIMINISH SOME DURING
THE DAY. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF IN THE MORNING AS IKE MOVES RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION. MONDAY WILL SEE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION GIVING SEVERAL DAYS OF SUNNY AND
DRY WEATHER.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
PREPARATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS...HEAVY...FLOODING
RAINS...AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SHOULD BE COMPLETED. IMPROVING CONDITIONS SUNDAY WILL LEAD TO MUCH
IMPROVED WEATHER BY MONDAY.

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, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
Sep 12, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	55 min
Sep 13, 4:12 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	24 hr
Sep 13, 3:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	18 hr
Sep 13, 3:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	65 hr
Sep 13, 3:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	18 hr
Sep 13, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	40 min

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.