Alert archive / Oklahoma / River Flood Advisories in 2014
River Flood Advisory 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Oct 10, 2014, 1:50 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2014, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2014, 7:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
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 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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).
- 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.
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 Oct 10, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1232 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
.AVIATION...
CONCERNING TAF SITES KTUL/KRVS/KBVO/KMLC/KXNA/KFYV/KFSM.
MAIN COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 44 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO EAST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA/WEST
CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AREAS OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT TAF SITES...PRIMARILY SOUTH OF I-44 AS
COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO THE ARKLATX BY LATE TONIGHT. IFR
CONDITIONS LIKELY BEHIND FRONT WITH LOW CEILINGS/PATCHY FOG INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.
&&
.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR OKZ054-OKZ055-OKZ056-
OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ061-OKZ062-OKZ063.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FRIDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
ARZ011.
&&
AVIATION...12Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1250 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-102230-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
1250 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.
FLASH FLOOD.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
HEAVY RAIN.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...ONGOING.
SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
RISK...LIMITED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
ONSET...ONGOING.
DISCUSSION...
RAIN SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. BREAKS IN
THE CLOUD COVER...SOUTH OF THE FRONT...HAVE ALLOWED THE ATMOSPHERE
TO BECOME MODESTLY UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A FEW STORMS
COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.
IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER
STORMS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING...MAINLY IN AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ACROSS
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL...HEAVY
RAIN POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...HIGH WIND POTENTIAL.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THUNDERSTORM
POTENTIAL REMAINING OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE
SATURDAY AS THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES QUICKLY RETURN SUNDAY AND INCREASE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE FORECAST TO DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTERACTING
WITH THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL FLASH
FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES AS THIS TIME NEARS. PLEASANT
FALL WEATHER WILL RETURN BY TUESDAY.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 10, 9:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Oct 10, 10:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Oct 10, 10:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1043 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD SILOAM SPRINGS 36.19N 94.54W
10/10/2014 BENTON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW ROADS WERE CLOSED AND BARRICADED OFF DUE TO HIGH
WATER. THE WATER HAS SINCE RECEDED.
&&
MEPLocal storm report, Oct 10, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1231 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD MIAMI 36.87N 94.88W
10/10/2014 OTTAWA OK EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL CITY AND COUNTY ROADS CLOSED. WATER ENTERED A
COUPLE OF BUSINESSES IN MIAMI.
&&
BASLocal storm report, Oct 10, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1233 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD VINITA 36.64N 95.15W
10/10/2014 CRAIG OK EMERGENCY MNGR
THROUGHOUT CRAIG COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND
CREEKS OVER BANKS. SEVERAL MEASURED RAIN TOTALS OVER 8
INCHES NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER.
&&
BASLocal storm report, Oct 10, 1:33 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
133 PM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0101 AM TORNADO 5 W SPIRO 35.24N 94.71W
10/06/2014 LE FLORE OK NWS STORM SURVEY
A TORNADO TORE PORTIONS OF THE ROOFS AND WALLS FROM TWO
CHICKEN HOUSES...UPROOTED SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES...AND
SNAPPED A NUMBER OF LARGE TREE LIMBS. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED EF-1 BASED ON THIS DAMAGE.
&&
EJCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 27 min |
| Oct 10, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 10, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 23 min |
| Oct 10, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 38 min |
| Oct 10, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Oct 10, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 41 min |
| Oct 10, 2:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 28 min |
| Oct 10, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 39 min |
| Oct 10, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 35 min |
| Oct 10, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 40 min |
| Oct 10, 6:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 7:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah and 1 more | 56 min |
| Oct 10, 7:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Wagoner | 37 min |
| Oct 10, 7:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 36 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 42 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 10, 8:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 3 more | 55 min |
| Oct 10, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 65 min |
| Oct 10, 11:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 88 min |
| Oct 10, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Oct 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Oct 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| Oct 10, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| Oct 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 44 min |
| Oct 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 23 min |
| Oct 10, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Oct 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Oct 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 35 min |
| Oct 9, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| Oct 9, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 47 min |
| Oct 10, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 31 min |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Oklahoma, 2014Every river flood advisory in 2014
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.