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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 20, 2010Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2010, 1:56 PM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas. 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, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2010, 5:30 AM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2010, 8:14 PM CDT
In force
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 18:58 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 May 20, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 10:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1012 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

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

0748 PM     HAIL             KELLYVILLE              35.94N 96.21W
05/19/2010  E1.75 INCH       CREEK              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

0750 PM     HAIL             4 W SAPULPA             36.00N 96.19W
05/19/2010  E1.00 INCH       CREEK              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT I-44 AND HIGHWAY 66/33 INTERCHANGE

&&

MEP

Local storm report, May 20, 10:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1024 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

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

0920 PM     FLASH FLOOD      JENKS                   36.02N 95.97W
05/19/2010                   TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

            HEAVY STREET FLOODING IN JENKS

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Local storm report, May 20, 1:21 PM CDT, 35 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 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, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	18 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

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.