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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 9, 2010Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Sep 9, 2010, 8:39 AM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. It took effect at Sep 9, 2010, 12:32 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2010, 8:39 AM CDT (13:39 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 9, 2010, 12:32 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 10, 2010, 6:10 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: Minor

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 13:40 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 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 Sep 9, 6:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 6:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 5:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 9, 4:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 9, 5:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
501 AM CDT THU SEP 09 2010

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

0459 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CANADIAN                35.18N 95.65W
09/09/2010                   PITTSBURG          OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PITTSBURG COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HIGHWAY 113
            BETWEEN CANADIAN AND INDIANOLA IS FLOODED...AS WELL AS
            HIGHWAY 69 IN THE CANADIAN AREA.

&&

KAH

Local storm report, Sep 9, 5:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
504 AM CDT THU SEP 09 2010

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

0503 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ENTERPRISE              35.23N 95.38W
09/09/2010                   HASKELL            OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HASKELL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN
            ENTERPRISE AND QUINTON IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

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KAH

Local storm report, Sep 9, 5:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 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
Sep 8, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	3 hr
Sep 8, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	118 min
Sep 9, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more	6 hr
Sep 9, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	61 min
Sep 9, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	59 min
Sep 9, 12:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	27 min
Sep 9, 12:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	2 hr
Sep 9, 1:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage and 4 more	3 hr
Sep 9, 1:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	34 min
Sep 9, 2:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	33 min
Sep 9, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more	8 hr
Sep 9, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	6 hr
Sep 9, 11:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 2 more	12 hr
Sep 9, 11:43 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Sequoyah	9 hr
Sep 9, 12:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	11 hr
Sep 9, 10:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin	34 min
Sep 9, 11:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	33 min
Sep 9, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	35 min
Sep 9, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	63 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Arkansas, 2010 Every river flood warning 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.