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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 6, 2013Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Jun 6, 2013, 1:53 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2013, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Neosho River near Commerce (COMO2). The gauge peaked at 14.46 ft at Jun 6, 2013, 8:00 PM 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 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 Jun 6, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1059 AM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0721 PM     TORNADO          10 ESE SOUTH COFFEYVILL 36.93N 95.45W
05/31/2013                   NOWATA             OK   NWS STORM SURVEY

            AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY OCCURRED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A
            STRONG REAR-FLANK DOWNDRAFT SURGE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED A
            NUMBER OF TREES. A LARGER SWATH OF WIND DAMAGED OCCURRED
            ACROSS NORTHERN NOWATA COUTY.

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Jun 6, 11:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1122 AM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0655 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTH COFFEYVILLE       36.99N 95.62W
05/31/2013                   NOWATA             OK   NWS STORM SURVEY

            NUMEROUS TREES DAMAGED.

0718 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 ESE SOUTH COFFEYVILL 36.93N 95.45W
05/31/2013                   NOWATA             OK   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TREE UPROOTED.

0718 PM     TSTM WND DMG     11 NE LENAPAH           36.96N 95.49W
05/31/2013                   NOWATA             OK   NWS STORM SURVEY

            LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN

0722 PM     TSTM WND DMG     14 NE LENAPAH           36.99N 95.46W
05/31/2013                   NOWATA             OK   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TREES SPLIT AND LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

0723 PM     TSTM WND DMG     18 WNW WELCH            36.97N 95.40W
05/31/2013                   CRAIG              OK   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TREE UPROOTED AND LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN.

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SFP

Local storm report, Jun 6, 11:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1138 AM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0107 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NATURAL DAM             35.65N 94.39W
06/01/2013                   CRAWFORD           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN...HIGHWAY 59 PARTIALLY BLOCKED.

0121 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CHESTER                 35.68N 94.18W
06/01/2013                   CRAWFORD           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN...HIGHWAY 82 PARTIALLY BLOCKED.

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Jun 6, 12:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1237 PM CDT THU JUN 06 2013

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

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N MANSFIELD           35.07N 94.25W
06/01/2013                   SEBASTIAN          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY 71 BRIEFLY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 SSE MANSFIELD         35.03N 94.24W
06/01/2013                   SEBASTIAN          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLASH FLOODING DAMAGED A BRIDGE

0800 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HARTFORD                35.02N 94.38W
06/01/2013                   SEBASTIAN          AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CENTER POINT ROAD CLOSED FOR A TIME DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

SFP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw	50 min
Jun 6, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	36 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	15 hr

Nearby

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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.