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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 1, 2009Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2009, 8:49 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 2, 2009, 5:48 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2009, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2009, 5:48 PM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2009, 8:39 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity
Minor

County Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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 Caney River near Ramona (RAMO2). The gauge peaked at 25.37 ft at May 3, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
26 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07175500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS44 KTSA 020149
FLWTSA
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
849 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA... 

  CANEY RIVER NEAR RAMONA AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
  
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA...
  CANEY RIVER NEAR COLLINSVILLE AFFECTING ROGERS AND TULSA COUNTIES. 
  
OKC147-020949-
/O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0013.090502T2248Z-090504T1225Z/
/RAMO2.1.ER.090502T2248Z.090503T1800Z.090504T0625Z.NO/
849 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CANEY RIVER NEAR RAMONA.
* FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
  CANCELLED.
* AT  800 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.52 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE CANEY RIVER NEAR RAMONA IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE 
  FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 27.1 
  FEET BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE MONDAY BEFORE DAWN.
* IMPACT...AT 28.0 FEET...MODERATE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR 
  FROM OCHELATA TO THE NORTHEASTERN TIP OF TULSA COUNTY.  SOME RURAL 
  ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE INCLUDING THE ROAD BETWEEN RAMONA AND 
  TALALA.

$$

OKC131-143-020948-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090505T0918Z/
/CVLO2.2.ER.090501T0139Z.090504T0600Z.090505T0318Z.NO/
849 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CANEY RIVER NEAR COLLINSVILLE.
* UNTIL LATE MONDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  800 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.27 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE CANEY RIVER NEAR COLLINSVILLE WILL CONTINUE RISING 
  TO NEAR 29.2 FEET MONDAY BEFORE DAWN. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 29.0 FEET...MODERATE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR.  
  RURAL ROADS NEAR THE MAIN CHANNEL MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS84 KTSA 021339
FLSTSA
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
839 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009


...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
OKLAHOMA...
 
  CANEY RIVER NEAR RAMONA AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
  
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
OKLAHOMA...
 
  CANEY RIVER NEAR COLLINSVILLE AFFECTING ROGERS AND TULSA COUNTIES. 
  
OKC147-021409-
/O.CAN.KTSA.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090504T1225Z/
/RAMO2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
839 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CANEY RIVER NEAR RAMONA.
* AT  800 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.97 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE CANEY RIVER NEAR RAMONA WILL CREST BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  AT 25.1 FEET THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 26.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR.  FARMLANDS AND 
  RURAL ROADS WILL BE AFFECTED.

$$

OKC131-143-022139-
/O.EXT.KTSA.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090504T0515Z/
/CVLO2.1.ER.090501T0139Z.090502T0200Z.090503T2315Z.NO/
839 AM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE CANEY RIVER NEAR COLLINSVILLE.
* UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  700 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.64 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING BUT THE RIVER IS FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE CANEY RIVER NEAR COLLINSVILLE WILL CONTINUE FALLING 
  TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 28.0 FEET...MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR.  
  COUNTY ROADS NORTH OF COLLINSVILLE WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 8:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair7 hr
May 1, 9:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more12 hr
May 2, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes30 min
May 2, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore30 min
May 2, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha56 min
May 2, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee31 min
May 2, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha43 min
May 2, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer54 min
May 2, 11:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha48 min
May 2, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha18 min
May 2, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha29 min
May 2, 2:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPushmataha2 hr
May 2, 3:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore30 hr
May 2, 3:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore6 days
May 2, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw44 min
May 2, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw54 min
May 2, 4:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha10 hr
May 2, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha37 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.