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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2009, 8:51 PM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 2, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2009, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2009, 4:03 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Adair County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 Illinois River (AR OK) near Watts (WTTO2).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07195500, 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 May 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
737 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
...MESOSCALE UPDATE...
.DISCUSSION...
THE MADISON COUNTY SUPERCELL IS LOSING SOME ORGANIZATION
AS IT NEARS OUR CWA BORDER. MESOSCALE ANALYSIS GRIDS AT
7PM INDICATED A MARKED REDUCTION IN CAPE TO 700 MB DURING
THE PAST HOUR THAT COINCIDED WITH THE LOSS OF CELL
ORGANIZATION.
THE STORM-RELATIVE WINDS REMAIN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
DEEP STORM-SCALE ROTATION SO SOME TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL
REMAIN WITH THE CELL AT LEAST UNTIL IT LEAVES OUR FORECAST AREA.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO TORNADO REPORTS...BUT SPOTTERS DID FIND
MELTING HAIL IN THE AURORA AREA THAT WAS STILL 2.5 INCHES IN
DIAMETER.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.
&&
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM....99Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 5:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 514 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000- 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- 515 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009 ...DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...ALL EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO FAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING...INCREASING AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SLIDES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS BEEN FROM LARGE HAIL. EARLIER TODAY...WIDESPREAD EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IMPACTED MUCH OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 7 INCHES OF RAIN. WITH ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THE RISK OF WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AS VERY LITTLE RAINFALL WILL BE REQUIRED FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING TO DEVELOP. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. MONDAY...NO HAZARDS. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. THE MOST LIKELY IMPACTS WILL BE FROM CONTINUED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WITH DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE FLASH FLOODING...SEVERAL AREA MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN FLOOD WITH ASSOCIATED ROAD CLOSURES POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A BRIEF DRY PERIOD FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WEEK. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT... RAPID ONSET OF FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS. RESPONSES FOR BOTH FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE REQUIRED OVER THE NEXT WEEK. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 1, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL HINDSVILLE 36.14N 93.86W
05/01/2009 E1.75 INCH MADISON AR PUBLIC
&&
JBMSpecial weather statement, May 1, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
718 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
ARZ001-010-020100-
BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-
718 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN BENTON
AT 718 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SAVOY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROCKY COMFORT...SHADY GROVE...HARMON...
ROGERS...LOWELL...HEALING SPRINGS...CAVE SPRINGS...MONTE NE...
FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...FARMINGTON...RHEA...VINEY GROVE...
WEDINGTON...SAVOY...GOSHEN...WHEELER...JOHNSON...SONORA...
TONTITOWN...ELM SPRINGS AND OAK GROVE.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3635 9407 3607 9394 3599 9440 3616 9448
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 249DEG 21KT 3611 9433Local storm report, May 1, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
720 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0712 PM HAIL AURORA 36.00N 93.70W
05/01/2009 E1.75 INCH MADISON AR PUBLIC
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
&&
GEWLocal storm report, May 1, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
723 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 PM HAIL 2 N AURORA 36.03N 93.70W
05/01/2009 E2.50 INCH MADISON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL FOUND 10 TO 15 MINUTES AFTER STORM PASSED. RELAYED
VIA AMATUER RADIO.
&&
JBMLocal storm report, May 1, 7:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
726 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE AURORA 36.02N 93.68W
05/01/2009 MADISON AR TRAINED SPOTTER
3 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED. RELAYED VIA AMATEUR
RADIO.
&&
JBMLocal storm report, May 1, 7:59 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 12 hr |
| May 1, 9:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more | 12 hr |
| May 2, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 30 min |
| May 2, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| May 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 56 min |
| May 2, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 2, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 43 min |
| May 2, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 54 min |
| May 2, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 48 min |
| May 2, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 18 min |
| May 2, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 29 min |
| May 2, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| May 2, 3:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 30 hr |
| May 2, 3:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 6 days |
| May 2, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 44 min |
| May 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 54 min |
| May 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 10 hr |
| May 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 42 min |
| May 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 22 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 43 min |
| May 1, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 4 hr |
| May 1, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 21 hr |
| May 1, 9:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 112 min |
| May 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 55 min |
| May 1, 11:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 8 hr |
| May 2, 2:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 42 hr |
| May 2, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 112 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009
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.