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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 7, 2009Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at May 7, 2009, 2:39 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2009, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2009, 2:23 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 Spring River near Quapaw (QUAO2). The gauge peaked at 13.75 ft at May 9, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07188000, 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 7, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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 7, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 7 more	31 hr
May 7, 4:15 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more	8 hr
May 7, 2:39 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Nowata	24 hr
May 7, 2:39 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Ottawa	17 hr

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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.