Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2009

River Flood Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 30, 2009Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 8:21 AM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It took effect at Oct 30, 2009, 12:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2009, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 30, 2009, 12:51 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 31, 2009, 2:35 AM CDT
In force: 14 hr
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 13:22 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). The gauge peaked at 14.40 ft at Oct 30, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT.

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 Oct 30, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.

VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MID LEVEL
CLOUDINESS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON WITH ANY VIRGA OR SPRINKLES ENDING AS WELL. WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO OVER 20 KNOTS THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING QUICKLY AROUND SUNSET. SKIES WILL BE
CLEAR OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 244 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009/

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL EAST
OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS THE
RESPONSIBLE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WE WILL STILL HAVE TO
DEAL WITH THE ASSOCIATED MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TODAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS. WILL
NOT GO WITH ANY POPS FOR TODAY. HOWEVER...
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME DRIZZLE
THIS AFTERNOON.

AFTER TODAY...IT LOOKS LIKE SMOOTH SAILING
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A
WARMING TREND TAKING PLACE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT
WILL COME THROUGH DRY ON MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE
REIGNING SUPREME THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST.

&&

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

&&

AVIATION...05

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 5:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
504 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-311000-
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-
504 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES CONTROL OVER THE
AREA. A COUPLE DRY COLD FRONTS WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA WITH
LITTLE FANFARE...ONE ON MONDAY AND A SECOND AROUND WEDNESDAY.

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	48 hr
Oct 30, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	12 hr
Oct 29, 8:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Franklin	3 hr

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.