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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 1, 2009Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at May 1, 2009, 2:35 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2009, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2009, 9:05 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 25.01 ft at May 2, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT.

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.

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 1, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1251 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...AVIATION...

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT WORKING ITS WAY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION WILL
CONTINUE MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. MVFR
CONDITIONS WITH EMBEDDED PATCHES OF IFR CONDITIONS AND
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE
TO IFR CONDITIONS BY 06Z WITH PATCHY LIFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

.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...99
LONG TERM....99
AVIATION...15

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
114 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-
100 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...RAINFALL LETTING UP FOR NOW BUT FLOODING CONTINUES...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
AREA...EAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.

AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

DISCUSSION...
A LARGE SWATH OF 3 TO OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM NORTHERN TULSA
COUNTY EAST ACROSS RODGERS...MAYES..AND DELAWARE COUNTIES AND INCLUDES
PARTS OF ADJACENT COUNTIES AS WELL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
DECREASING IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET FEEDING THE
STORMS HAS WEAKENED.

SOME AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAIN MAY STILL SEE AN ADDITIONAL
1/2 TO ONE INCH OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA BUT THIS WILL NOT END THE
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SINCE IT WILL LIKELY STALL ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
TO FORM ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS LATER
TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE FINALLY EXITING EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ON MONDAY. AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
CONCERNS WILL ALSO REMAIN...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINING
IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEKEND...WITH WEATHER RELATED RESPONSES LIKELY ONE OR MORE
TIMES DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING POTENTIAL.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1231 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

ARZ010-OKZ069-011815-
ADAIR OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1231 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CENTRAL ADAIR

AT 1231 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3
MILES SOUTH OF PROCTOR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARIETTA...STILWELL...
BARON...CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...WESTVILLE...LINCOLN...PRAIRIE GROVE...
STRICKLER...MORROW...CLYDE...CANEHILL AND SUMMERS.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3576 9432 3583 9480 3605 9480 3599 9428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 277DEG 21KT 3592 9476

Special weather statement, May 1, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1254 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

OKZ055>057-011900-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-WASHINGTON OK-
1254 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN CRAIG...NORTHERN NOWATA AND WASHINGTON

AT 1254 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
COPAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN...COPAN...
CENTRALIA...HOLLOW AND CENTRAILIA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3698 9522 3665 9524 3685 9601 3699 9600
      3700 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 281DEG 25KT 3691 9593

Special weather statement, May 1, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

OKZ054-055-011915-
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
108 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE

AT 109 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF BIGHEART...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIGHEART AND HULAH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3700 9598 3684 9598 3685 9655 3700 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 276DEG 29KT 3699 9645

Local storm report, May 1, 1:42 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
142 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0104 PM     HAIL             2 N COPAN               36.93N 95.93W
05/01/2009  E1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         OK   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 2:13 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
213 PM CDT FRI MAY 01 2009

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

0730 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SALINA                  36.29N 95.15W
05/01/2009                   MAYES              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL STADIUM DAMAGED

&&

Special weather statement, May 1, 2:15 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
215 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

OKZ054>057-012015-
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
215 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     NORTHWESTERN CRAIG...NORTHERN NOWATA...WASHINGTON AND
     NORTHEASTERN OSAGE

AT 216 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTH OF HULAH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN...HULAH...
DEWEY...COPAN...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW AND CENTRAILIA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

LAT...LON 3700 9526 3672 9522 3675 9609 3700 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 270DEG 29KT 3690 9601

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	3 days
May 1, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	50 min
May 1, 1:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	37 hr
May 1, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	55 min
May 1, 2:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	3 hr
May 1, 2:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	61 min
May 1, 3:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	54 hr
May 1, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	63 min
May 1, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	63 min
May 1, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	56 min
May 1, 5:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	4 hr
May 1, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	65 min
May 1, 6:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	4 hr
May 1, 7:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	61 min
May 1, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	26 min
May 1, 8:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more	4 hr
May 1, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	35 min
May 1, 8:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers	47 min
May 1, 8:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	34 min
May 1, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	64 min
May 1, 10:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	4 hr
May 1, 10:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	3 hr
May 1, 10:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	6 hr
May 1, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	41 min
May 1, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	30 min
May 1, 11:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 1, 11:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	21 hr
May 1, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	30 min
May 1, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	40 min
May 1, 12:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	4 hr
May 1, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	33 min
May 1, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	44 min
May 1, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	66 min
May 1, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Washington	30 min
May 1, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	63 min
May 1, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	46 min
May 1, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	64 min
May 1, 2:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	117 min
May 1, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	60 min
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	4 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	58 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	7 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Okmulgee	58 hr
May 1, 2:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Creek	58 hr
May 1, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	41 min
May 1, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	64 min
May 1, 3:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	18 hr
May 1, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	36 min
May 1, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	61 min
May 1, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa	6 hr
May 1, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	67 min
May 1, 3:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more	6 hr
May 1, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	47 min
May 1, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	65 min
May 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	16 min
May 1, 7:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	67 min
May 1, 10:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	3 hr
May 1, 11:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison, Washington	56 min
May 1, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	51 min
May 1, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	64 min
May 1, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	6 hr
May 1, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	53 min
May 1, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	68 min
May 1, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	53 min
May 1, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	68 min
May 1, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Benton, Madison, Washington	57 min
May 1, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll	25 min
May 1, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	53 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Oklahoma, 2009 Every river flood watch 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.