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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 14, 2010Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at May 14, 2010, 9:34 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2010, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2010, 2:06 PM CDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK

County Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River (AR OK) near Tahlequah (TALO2). The gauge peaked at 6.70 ft at May 16, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07196500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at May 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TRANSMISSION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
503 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151000-
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-
503 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

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

DISCUSSION...
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHERN TEXAS. A
20 TO 30 KNOT SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET COMBINED WITH MODEST ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE
MAIN THREAT.

WITH THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY IN PLACE...IMPULSES IN THE
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TRAINING
OF STORMS IS LIKELY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 44. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH A SLOW MOVING UPPER SYSTEM EVENTUALLY PASSING THROUGH
THE REGION BY LATE SUNDAY. EXPECT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.

EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE MOSTLY DRY...WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF
MAINLY NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS NORTHWESTERLY
UPPER FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 7:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 8:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 8:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 8:45 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 9:32 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
932 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

ARZ001-141500-
BENTON AR-
932 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     NORTHEASTERN BENTON

AT 933 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF
AVOCA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GATEWAY AND GARFIELD.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH.

LAT...LON 3650 9385 3648 9387 3629 9399 3633 9408
      3640 9420 3644 9412 3649 9408 3650 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 233DEG 29KT 3638 9405

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	42 min
May 14, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	64 min
May 14, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	50 min
May 14, 4:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Okfuskee	3 hr
May 14, 4:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	56 min
May 14, 4:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	61 min
May 14, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	50 min
May 14, 6:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner	55 min
May 14, 6:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh	57 min
May 14, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	31 min
May 14, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Sequoyah	49 min
May 14, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	36 min
May 14, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	48 min
May 14, 4:12 PM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	35 hr
May 14, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	23 min
May 14, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	44 min
May 14, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	29 min
May 14, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	33 min
May 14, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	44 min
May 14, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	30 min
May 14, 8:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton	2 hr
May 14, 9:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	46 min
May 14, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Benton	28 min
May 14, 9:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
May 14, 9:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	54 min
May 14, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	27 min
May 14, 10:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	29 min
May 14, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Carroll	27 min

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River Flood Advisories in Oklahoma, 2010 Every river flood advisory in 2010

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.