Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Warnings in 2011
River Flood Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 2:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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 Flint Creek (OK) near Kansas (KNSO2). The gauge peaked at 12.40 ft at Apr 25, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07196000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883 WGUS44 KTSA 252141 FLWTSA BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 441 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA... FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. OKC021-041-260541- /O.NEW.KTSA.FL.W.0013.110425T2141Z-110426T1400Z/ /KNSO2.1.ER.110425T2110Z.110426T0000Z.110426T0800Z.NO/ 441 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS. * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 330 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.64 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOWS FROM FLINT CREEK CAN CREATE HIGHER RIVER LEVELS FROM FIDLERS BEND TO CHEWEY BRIDGE. PERMANENT CAMPGROUNDS AND CABINS MAY BECOME ISOLATED OR INUNDATED BY HIGH WATER. $$
3 follow-up statements
075 WGUS44 KTSA 252210 FLWTSA BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 510 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA... FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. OKC021-041-260610- /O.EXT.KTSA.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110426T2133Z/ /KNSO2.2.ER.110425T2051Z.110426T0600Z.110426T1533Z.NO/ 510 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS. * UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 430 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.90 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.9 FEET TUESDAY BEFORE DAWN. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...MODERATE FLOODING OCCURS FROM FIDLERS BEND TO CHEWEY BRIDGE. FLOATING THE ILLINOIS RIVER IS UNSAFE. PERMANENT CAMPGROUNDS AND A FEW CABINS MAY BECOME ISOLATED BY HIGH WATER. $$
131 WGUS84 KTSA 260110 FLSTSA FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 810 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA... ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR TAHLEQUAH AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY. FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. OKC021-260910- /O.EXT.KTSA.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110429T0000Z/ /TALO2.3.ER.110424T2338Z.110427T0000Z.110428T1800Z.NO/ 810 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR TAHLEQUAH. * UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 700 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.41 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR TAHLEQUAH WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 24.3 FEET TUESDAY EVENING. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...AT 25.0 FEET...DEVASTATING FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM CHEWEY BRIDGE TO THE HEADWATERS OF LAKE TENKILLER. STATE HIGHWAY 10 IS CLOSED NORTHEAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 51. MANY CABIN PARKS ARE SEVERELY FLOODED OR ARE TOTALLY ISOLATED FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. $$ OKC021-041-260909- /O.EXT.KTSA.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110426T0909Z/ /KNSO2.1.ER.110425T2051Z.110425T2300Z.110426T0309Z.NO/ 810 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS. * UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT 730 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.75 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FORECAST...THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS WILL CONTINUE FALLING TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT. * IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OCCURS FROM FIDLERS BEND TO CHEWEY BRIDGE. PERMANENT CAMPGROUNDS AND FARMLANDS ARE AFFECTED. TURBULENCE MAKES THE RIVER UNSAFE FOR FLOATING. $$
954 WGUS84 KTSA 260735 FLSTSA FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 235 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OKLAHOMA... FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS AFFECTING CHEROKEE AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. OKC021-041-260805- /O.CAN.KTSA.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110426T0909Z/ /KNSO2.1.ER.110425T2051Z.110425T2300Z.110426T0441Z.NO/ 235 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS. * AT 130 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.44 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. * THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE YESTERDAY LATE EVENING. * FORECAST...THE FLINT CREEK NEAR KANSAS WILL CONTINUE FALLING AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. * IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...FLINT CREEK THREATENS INDIVIDUAL CAMPSITES AND BECOMES DANGEROUS FOR RECREATIONAL FLOATING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 9:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 13 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 115 min |
| Apr 25, 12:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 1:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 2:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 5 days |
| Apr 25, 3:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 21 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 3 days |
| Apr 25, 3:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 4 days |
| Apr 25, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 77 min |
| Apr 25, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 10:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 11:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McCurtain | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 11:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 12:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 33 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 19 min |
| Apr 25, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 41 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011
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.