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River Flood Advisory 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 16, 2015Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this river flood advisory at Jun 16, 2015, 8:59 AM CDT for Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2015, 8:59 AM CDT (13:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
70 hr
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 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 Arkansas River at Ozark L/D Tailwater (OZGA4).

Action stage
355.5 ft
Minor stage
357 ft
Moderate stage
363 ft
Major stage
365 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 16, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
511 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-171015-
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-
511 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...THIS AFTERNOON.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND
IN COVERAGE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS DURING
THE DAY TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A SURFACE BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTH AND
A MID LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL AND
POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND GREATER THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH
GUSTY TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BUT NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...HIGH WIND
			 POTENTIAL...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
LATEST FORECASTS CONTINUE TO BRING THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM
BILL THROUGH TEXAS AND INTO PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS DURING THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TIME PERIOD. HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES AND GREATER. AT THIS TIME
THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND ALSO
MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
ACROSS THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
THE TROPICAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST
UPDATES AND FORECASTS AS TIMING AND LOCATION DETAILS CONTINUE TO
BE REFINED OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO
MISSOURI AND NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PUSHES A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THROUGH THE PLAINS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GROUPS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST
FORECASTS AND PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL ONSET OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSANowata, Osage, Washington3 hr
Jun 15, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACraig, Nowata57 min
Jun 15, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 15, 10:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington3 hr
Jun 16, 6:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian5 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Arkansas, 2015Every river flood advisory in 2015

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.