Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2010
River Flood Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2010, 8:28 AM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It took effect at May 21, 2010, 5:30 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2010, 8:28 AM CDT (13:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2010, 5:30 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2010, 2:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 13:28 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 Spring River near Quapaw (QUAO2).
- 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 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 20, 6:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 508 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010 ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-211000- 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- 508 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010 ...MORE SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. RISK...SIGNIFICANT. AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS. FLASH FLOOD. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. HEAVY RAIN. RISK...LIMITED. AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. ONSET...ONGOING. DISCUSSION... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING THIS MORNING AS THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS MORNING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE CONCERN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PROVEN TO BE EFFICIENT RAIN-MAKERS AND COULD DUMP 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH WOULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA BY MID-MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT WORKS ACROSS THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR EAST OF A VINITA TO OKEMAH LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL AGAIN BE THE CONCERN. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE THIS AFTERNOON AS ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL SPOTTER NETWORK EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO CONTROL THE AREA'S WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 4:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
421 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010
OKZ073-200945-
PITTSBURG OK-
421 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG
AT 421 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF
ASHLAND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED
BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIOWA...BLANCO AND ASHLAND.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE
THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.
LAT...LON 3465 9589 3468 9589 3468 9605 3468 9607
3482 9608 3483 9564 3459 9564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 264DEG 32KT 3474 9601Special weather statement, May 20, 5:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
540 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010
OKZ076-201115-
LE FLORE OK-
540 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN LE FLORE
AT 540 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF OCTAVIA TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITESBORO TO WHITESBORO TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITESBORO...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...OCTAVIA...BIG CEDAR...MUSE AND WHITESBORO.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
LAT...LON 3463 9493 3470 9493 3482 9484 3486 9446
3451 9446 3451 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 269DEG 29KT 3450 9486 3465 9485
3469 9485 3477 9478The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 57 min |
| May 19, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 53 min |
| May 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 55 min |
| May 19, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 19, 7:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 6 hr |
| May 19, 7:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 84 min |
| May 19, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| May 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 59 min |
| May 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| May 19, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 6 hr |
| May 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 54 min |
| May 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 58 min |
| May 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| May 19, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 2 more | 66 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 18 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 60 min |
| May 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 29 min |
| May 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 23 min |
| May 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 67 min |
| May 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 62 min |
| May 19, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 50 min |
| May 19, 9:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 88 min |
| May 19, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more | 58 min |
| May 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| May 19, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 64 min |
| May 19, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Sequoyah | 53 min |
| May 19, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 53 min |
| May 19, 10:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair | 116 min |
| May 19, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 6 hr |
| May 19, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 35 min |
| May 19, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 67 min |
| May 19, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 62 min |
| May 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 25 min |
| May 20, 12:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 57 min |
| May 20, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 35 min |
| May 20, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 32 min |
| May 20, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 27 min |
| May 20, 1:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 4 hr |
| May 20, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| May 20, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| May 20, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 44 min |
| May 20, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 43 min |
| May 20, 2:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 45 hr |
| May 20, 2:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 20, 3:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 30 hr |
| May 20, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 20, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 24 min |
| May 20, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 4 hr |
| May 20, 5:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| May 20, 5:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| May 20, 6:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 20, 7:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 4 hr |
| May 20, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 19 hr |
| May 20, 8:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 4 hr |
| May 20, 10:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| May 20, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| May 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 61 min |
| May 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 49 min |
| May 20, 1:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 4 hr |
| May 20, 5:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 4 hr |
| May 20, 1:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 6 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.