Alert archive / Arkansas / River Flood Advisories in 2015
River Flood Advisory 18, NWS Tulsa, OK
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 5 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.