Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2010

River Flood Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 13, 2010Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2010, 9:27 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 14, 2010, 12:18 AM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2010, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2010, 12:18 AM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2010, 7:41 PM CDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: Minor

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Neosho River near Commerce (COMO2). The gauge peaked at 18.40 ft at May 15, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07185000, 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 May 13, 6:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 8:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 7:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 13, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 13, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 13, 7:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 13, 7:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, May 13, 8:54 AM CDT, 33 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	24 min
May 12, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	35 min
May 12, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	31 min
May 12, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	31 min
May 12, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	51 min
May 12, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg	35 min
May 13, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	50 min
May 13, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	25 min
May 13, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	61 min
May 13, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	50 min
May 13, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	44 min
May 13, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	55 min
May 13, 4:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	43 min
May 13, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 4 more	51 min
May 13, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	53 min
May 13, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	51 min
May 13, 5:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	30 min
May 13, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	68 min
May 13, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh	40 min
May 13, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	18 min
May 13, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	42 min
May 13, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg	37 min
May 13, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Atoka	66 min
May 13, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	60 min
May 13, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	59 min
May 13, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	56 min
May 13, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	33 min
May 13, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington	64 min
May 13, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Crawford	55 min
May 13, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington	51 min
May 13, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Franklin	60 min
May 13, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Washington	45 min
May 13, 2:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.