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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 20, 2013Adair County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood watch at May 20, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2013, 9:13 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Flood severity: None

County Adair County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River (AR OK) near Watts (WTTO2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07195500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 20, 10:54 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 10:54 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 8:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
847 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

0820 PM     HAIL             5 NE OKFUSKEE           35.65N 96.17W
05/19/2013  E1.00 INCH       OKMULGEE           OK   PUBLIC

            REPORTED NEAR NUYAKA. HIGH WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED.

&&

JBM

Local storm report, May 20, 9:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
931 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

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

0910 PM     HAIL             SHIDLER                 36.78N 96.66W
05/19/2013  E1.00 INCH       OSAGE              OK   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0938 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BURBANK                 36.69N 96.73W
05/19/2013                   OSAGE              OK   POST OFFICE

            SMALL BARN BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

0941 PM     TSTM WND DMG     9 NW BIGHEART           36.94N 96.34W
05/19/2013                   OSAGE              OK   PUBLIC

            FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN

1001 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N FAIRFAX             36.59N 96.70W
05/19/2013                   OSAGE              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE OVER ROAD

1043 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTH COFFEYVILLE       36.99N 95.62W
05/19/2013                   NOWATA             OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FEW POWER POLES DOWN

1112 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 N WELCH               36.97N 95.10W
05/19/2013                   CRAIG              OK   PUBLIC

            SINGLE POWER POLE DOWN.

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JBM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	47 min
May 19, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	47 min
May 19, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 19, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	54 min
May 19, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	63 min
May 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	57 min
May 19, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	63 min
May 19, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	61 min
May 19, 9:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Osage	2 hr
May 19, 9:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	5 hr
May 19, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	33 min
May 19, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	53 min
May 19, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	27 min
May 19, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	43 min
May 19, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	46 min
May 19, 11:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	4 hr
May 19, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	31 min
May 19, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	30 min
May 19, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
May 20, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	37 min
May 20, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	30 min
May 20, 1:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Kay	37 min
May 20, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee	22 hr
May 20, 11:07 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Ottawa	44 hr
May 20, 12:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	30 hr
May 20, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	28 min
May 20, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	38 min
May 20, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	45 min
May 20, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	56 min
May 20, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	66 min
May 20, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	62 min
May 20, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	43 min
May 20, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	57 min
May 20, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers, Washington	37 min
May 20, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	59 min
May 20, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	68 min
May 20, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	30 min
May 20, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata	25 min
May 20, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	55 min
May 20, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	44 min
May 20, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Rogers	66 min
May 20, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	61 min
May 20, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	67 min
May 20, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	64 min
May 20, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Ottawa	31 min
May 20, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	39 min
May 20, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah	65 min
May 20, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	61 min

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.