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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 2009Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at May 13, 2009, 9:57 AM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2009, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2009, 9:10 PM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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 Arkansas River at Van Buren (VBUA4).

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07250500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 4:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	36 min
May 13, 1:59 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more	13 hr
May 13, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	114 min
May 13, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	51 min
May 13, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Creek	5 hr
May 13, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	23 hr
May 13, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Muskogee	5 hr
May 13, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	4 days
May 13, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Pushmataha	29 hr
May 13, 10:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	21 hr
May 13, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	12 hr
May 13, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	12 hr

Nearby

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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.