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River Flood Advisory 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 9, 2013Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Aug 9, 2013, 9:05 AM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2013, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River near Muskogee (MKGO2). The gauge peaked at 28.15 ft at Aug 9, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 27 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07194500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Aug 9, 6:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
320 AM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013

OKZ056-057-061-062-090900-
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
320 AM CDT FRI AUG 9 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CRAIG...NORTHERN MAYES...SOUTHERN NOWATA AND NORTHEASTERN ROGERS

AT 320 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF NOWATA TO CHELSEA TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ADAIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NOWATA...NEW ALLUWE...CHELSEA...
VINITA...KETCHUM...BIG CABIN...WHITE OAK...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...
PYRAMID CORNERS...BLUEJACKET...CENTRAILIA...ADAIR...PENSACOLA...
LANGLEY...DISNEY...CHEROKEE STATE PARK AND DISNEY LITTLE BLUE STATE
PARK.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LAT...LON 3679 9499 3646 9501 3633 9543 3656 9552
      3670 9578 3699 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 240DEG 35KT 3670 9567 3656 9543
          3639 9539

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 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
Aug 9, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	52 min
Aug 9, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	46 min
Aug 9, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	63 min
Aug 9, 2:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa	117 min
Aug 9, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	56 min
Aug 9, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	40 min
Aug 9, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	33 min
Aug 9, 5:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell	88 min
Aug 9, 5:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	3 hr
Aug 9, 5:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	2 hr
Aug 9, 5:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	41 min
Aug 9, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	28 min
Aug 9, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	47 min
Aug 9, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	47 min
Aug 9, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Madison	29 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Oklahoma, 2013 Every river flood advisory in 2013

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.