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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 10, 2009Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Jun 10, 2009, 7:53 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Jun 11, 2009, 2:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2009, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 11, 2009, 2:52 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 12, 2009, 1:43 PM CDT
In force: 35 hr
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 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Commerce (COMO2).

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 Jun 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
635 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...AVIATION...

.DISCUSSION...
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL
IMPACT THE KFSM TAF SITE BETWEEN 0000Z-0030Z. NORTHERN
END OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE KFYV/KXNA
TAF SITES THROUGH ABOUT 00Z-004Z. MVFR CIGS MAY PERSIST
FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF
THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...18

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

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-
500 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

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

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND
AHEAD OF A SURFACE FRONT THAT STRETCHES FROM SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. GIVEN THE IMPRESSIVE
INSTABILITY AND GRADUALLY INCREASING MID-LEVEL WINDS...THIS ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITS STRENGTH AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

A SMALL TORNADO THREAT EXISTS THIS EVENING WITH ANY STORMS NEAR THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...BUT THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM
DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...ALONG WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING...MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF
THIS ACTIVITY.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER GROUPS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...DANGEROUS HEAT POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING THURSDAY MORNING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH THE
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
LIKELY REMAIN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL ALSO
CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK AS RICH GULF MOISTURE
REMAINS IN PLACE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A PERIOD OF
UNSETTLED WEATHER THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL ROUNDS OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:45 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     TSTM WND GST     N LAVACA                35.34N 94.17W
06/10/2009  M59 MPH          SEBASTIAN          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KDJ

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
747 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0742 PM     TSTM WND GST     N OZARK                 35.49N 93.83W
06/10/2009  E60.00 MPH       FRANKLIN           AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.

&&

KDJ

Local storm report, Jun 10, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
752 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0732 PM     TSTM WND DMG     S FORT SMITH            35.39N 94.40W
06/10/2009                   SEBASTIAN          AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS POWERLINES DOWN ON CARS.

&&

KDJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	36 min
Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	76 min
Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	78 min
Jun 11, 3:59 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 10 more	4 hr
Jun 10, 7:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	2 hr
Jun 10, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	49 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009 Every 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.